#188A8B#188A8B

#188A8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A8B
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.10, -28.70, -9.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.10, 30.12, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(57.63% -0.0897 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(57.63% 0.093 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.1232, 20.2334, 27.5822)
Luminance	0.2024 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A8B #8B1918

analogous

#188B53 #188A8B #18518B

triadic

#188A8B #8B188A #8A8B18

tetradic

#188A8B #53188B #8B1918 #518B18

square

#188A8B #53188B #8B1918 #518B18

split-complementary

#188A8B #8B1851 #8B5318

monochromatic

#062223 #0F5657 #188A8B #21BEBF #3FDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#188A8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#188A8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A8B

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A8B	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacac',
    500: '#188a8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a8b;
$custom-light: #6eacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5763,
    "c": 0.09322,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A8B

secondary

#BE4240

accent

#3C3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A8B

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

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