#188B5E#188B5E

#188B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.195; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.120 H 160.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B5E
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 94)
HSL	hsl(157, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(157, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 32.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.23, -41.56, 15.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.23, 44.40, 159.41°)
OKLab	oklab(56.52% -0.113 0.0396)
OKLCH	oklch(56.52% 0.12 160.7)
XYZ	xyz(11.6284, 19.4661, 13.7320)
Luminance	0.1947 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B5E #8B1845

analogous

#188B25 #188B5E #187F8B

triadic

#188B5E #5E188B #8B5E18

tetradic

#188B5E #25188B #8B1845 #7F8B18

square

#188B5E #25188B #8B1845 #7F8B18

split-complementary

#188B5E #8B187F #8B2518

monochromatic

#062317 #0F573B #188B5E #21BF81 #3FDEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.29

#188B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.89

#188B5E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B5E

4.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B5E	1.00	4.29	4.89	4.89
#FFFFFF	4.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#89805B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C7661

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.120 160.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae8c',
    500: '#188b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b5e;
$custom-light: #6bae8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 156.522,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56519,
    "c": 0.11969,
    "h": 160.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B5E

secondary

#BE4072

accent

#3A80ED

background

#F6FAF8

surface

#ECF4F0

border

#C7CECB

text

#08100C

muted

#7A7F7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B5E

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

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