#188A8D#188A8D

#188A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A8D
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -28.07, -10.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 29.86, 199.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0888 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.093 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.2707, 20.2924, 28.3588)
Luminance	0.2029 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A8D #8D1B18

analogous

#188D55 #188A8D #18508D

triadic

#188A8D #8D188A #8A8D18

tetradic

#188A8D #55188D #8D1B18 #508D18

square

#188A8D #55188D #8D1B18 #508D18

split-complementary

#188A8D #8D1850 #8D5518

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5759 #188A8D #21BDC1 #41DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#188A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#188A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A8D

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A8D	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacae',
    500: '#188a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a8d;
$custom-light: #6eacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57705,
    "c": 0.09319,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A8D

secondary

#BF4542

accent

#3F3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A8D

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

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