#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
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 91)
HSL	hsl(155, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(155, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 34.5%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.17, -42.24, 17.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.17, 45.62, 157.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.45% -0.1145 0.0435)
OKLCH	oklch(56.45% 0.122 159.2)
XYZ	xyz(11.4964, 19.4133, 13.0367)
Luminance	0.1941 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

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
##188B5B	1.00	4.30	4.88	4.88
#FFFFFF	4.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #188B5B

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

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