#188A8E#188A8E

#188A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.093 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A8E
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -27.75, -10.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 29.75, 201.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.74% -0.0883 -0.0298)
OKLCH	oklch(57.74% 0.093 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3454, 20.3223, 28.7525)
Luminance	0.2032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A8E #8E1C18

analogous

#188E57 #188A8E #184F8E

triadic

#188A8E #8E188A #8A8E18

tetradic

#188A8E #57188E #8E1C18 #4F8E18

square

#188A8E #57188E #8E1C18 #4F8E18

split-complementary

#188A8E #8E184F #8E5718

monochromatic

#062425 #0F575A #188A8E #21BDC2 #41DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#188A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#188A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A8E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A8E	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)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.093 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacaf',
    500: '#188a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a8e;
$custom-light: #6eacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57744,
    "c": 0.09321,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20324
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A8E

secondary

#C04642

accent

#403AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A8E

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

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