#188A9B#188A9B

#188A9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.096 H 210.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A9B
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 11%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.66, -23.49, -17.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.66, 29.33, 216.80°)
OKLab	oklab(58.27% -0.0825 -0.049)
OKLCH	oklch(58.27% 0.096 210.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.3790, 20.7357, 34.1958)
Luminance	0.2074 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A9B #9B2918

analogous

#189B6A #188A9B #18499B

triadic

#188A9B #9B188A #8A9B18

tetradic

#188A9B #6A189B #9B2918 #499B18

square

#188A9B #6A189B #9B2918 #499B18

split-complementary

#188A9B #9B1849 #9B6A18

monochromatic

#082C31 #105B66 #188A9B #20B9D0 #4ACFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#188A9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#188A9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A9B

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A9B	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.096 210.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acb8',
    500: '#188a9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a9b;
$custom-light: #70acb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58268,
    "c": 0.09598,
    "h": 210.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A9B

secondary

#C55A4A

accent

#5038F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A9B

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

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