#188A88#188A88

#188A88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.201; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.093 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A88
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 136)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.00, -29.64, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.00, 30.59, 194.26°)
OKLab	oklab(57.52% -0.0911 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(57.52% 0.093 193)
XYZ	xyz(13.9070, 20.1470, 26.4436)
Luminance	0.2015 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A88 #8A181A

analogous

#188A4F #188A88 #18538A

triadic

#188A88 #88188A #8A8818

tetradic

#188A88 #4F188A #8A181A #538A18

square

#188A88 #4F188A #8A181A #538A18

split-complementary

#188A88 #8A1853 #8A4F18

monochromatic

#062221 #0F5655 #188A88 #21BEBB #3FDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.18

#188A88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#188A88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A88

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A88	1.00	4.18	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#818388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717789

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.093 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaa',
    500: '#188a88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a88;
$custom-light: #6dacaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.947,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57519,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A88

secondary

#BD4043

accent

#3B3EED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A88

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

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