#188988#188988

#188988 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.093 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188988
RGB	rgb(24, 137, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.68, -29.16, -8.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.68, 30.24, 195.37°)
OKLab	oklab(57.26% -0.0901 -0.0223)
OKLCH	oklch(57.26% 0.093 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.7642, 19.8613, 26.3960)
Luminance	0.1986 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188988 #891819

analogous

#188950 #188988 #185289

triadic

#188988 #881889 #898818

tetradic

#188988 #501889 #891819 #528918

square

#188988 #501889 #891819 #528918

split-complementary

#188988 #891852 #895018

monochromatic

#062121 #0F5554 #188988 #21BDBC #3EDDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#188988 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#188988 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188988

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188988	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188988	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808288

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707689

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188988;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 137, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.093 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaa',
    500: '#188988',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188988;
$custom-light: #6dacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188988",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.469,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57256,
    "c": 0.09281,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19863
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188988

secondary

#BD4041

accent

#3B3CED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188988

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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