#188A8F#188A8F

#188A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.093 H 199.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A8F
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -27.43, -11.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 29.65, 202.31°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0878 -0.0313)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.093 199.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.4208, 20.3525, 29.1496)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A8F #8F1D18

analogous

#188F58 #188A8F #184E8F

triadic

#188A8F #8F188A #8A8F18

tetradic

#188A8F #58188F #8F1D18 #4E8F18

square

#188A8F #58188F #8F1D18 #4E8F18

split-complementary

#188A8F #8F184E #8F5818

monochromatic

#062526 #0F575B #188A8F #21BDC3 #42D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#188A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#188A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A8F

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A8F	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.093 199.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacaf',
    500: '#188a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a8f;
$custom-light: #6eacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.521,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57782,
    "c": 0.09326,
    "h": 199.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A8F

secondary

#C04843

accent

#413AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A8F

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

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