#188A8A#188A8A

#188A8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A8A
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 138)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 0%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.07, -29.02, -8.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.07, 30.27, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0902 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.093 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.0505, 20.2043, 27.1991)
Luminance	0.2021 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A8A #8A1818

analogous

#188A51 #188A8A #18518A

triadic

#188A8A #8A188A #8A8A18

tetradic

#188A8A #51188A #8A1818 #518A18

square

#188A8A #51188A #8A1818 #518A18

split-complementary

#188A8A #8A1851 #8A5118

monochromatic

#062222 #0F5656 #188A8A #21BEBE #3FDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#188A8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#188A8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A8A

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A8A	1.00	4.17	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71778B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacac',
    500: '#188a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a8a;
$custom-light: #6dacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57592,
    "c": 0.09329,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A8A

secondary

#BD4040

accent

#3B3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A8A

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

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