#188A9D#188A9D

#188A9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188A9D
RGB	rgb(24, 138, 157)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 12.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.73, -22.81, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.73, 29.44, 219.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.35% -0.0817 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(58.35% 0.097 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.5483, 20.8035, 35.0877)
Luminance	0.2081 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188A9D #9D2B18

analogous

#189D6D #188A9D #18489D

triadic

#188A9D #9D188A #8A9D18

tetradic

#188A9D #6D189D #9D2B18 #489D18

square

#188A9D #6D189D #9D2B18 #489D18

split-complementary

#188A9D #9D1848 #9D6D18

monochromatic

#082D33 #105B68 #188A9D #20B9D2 #4CCEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#188A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#188A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188A9D

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188A9D	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 138, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acba',
    500: '#188a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188a9d;
$custom-light: #70acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58353,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188A9D

secondary

#C55D4B

accent

#5238F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188A9D

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

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