#188B5B#188B5B

#188B5B is a mid, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.194; OKLCH L 56.4% C 0.122 H 159.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#188B5B
RGBrgb(24, 139, 91)
HSLhsl(155, 71%, 32%)
HSVhsv(155, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.17, -42.24, 17.23)
CIE-LCHlch(51.17, 45.62, 157.81°)
OKLaboklab(56.45% -0.1145 0.0435)
OKLCHoklch(56.45% 0.122 159.2)
XYZxyz(11.4964, 19.4133, 13.0367)
Luminance0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#188B5B #8B1848
analogous
#188B22 #188B5B #18818B
triadic
#188B5B #5B188B #8B5B18
tetradic
#188B5B #22188B #8B1848 #818B18
square
#188B5B #22188B #8B1848 #818B18
split-complementary
#188B5B #8B1881 #8B2218
monochromatic
#062317 #0F5739 #188B5B #21BF7D #3FDE9C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.30
#188B5B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.88
#188B5B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B5B
4.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##188B5B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##188B5B1.004.304.884.88
#FFFFFF4.301.0021.0021.00
#0000004.8821.001.001.00
##0000004.8821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#898058
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#7C765E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#008A7E
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #188b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.4% 0.122 159.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae89',
    500: '#188b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #188b5b;
$custom-light: #6bae89;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#188b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 154.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56449,
    "c": 0.12245,
    "h": 159.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#188B5B
secondary
#BE4075
accent
#3A85ED
background
#F6FAF8
surface
#ECF4F0
border
#C7CECB
text
#08100B
muted
#7A7F7C

Preview Lab

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#188B5B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva