#188B6D#188B6D

#188B6D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.107 H 169.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B6D
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 109)
HSL	hsl(164, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(164, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.57, -37.87, 7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.57, 38.60, 168.81°)
OKLab	oklab(56.91% -0.1054 0.0191)
OKLCH	oklch(56.91% 0.107 169.7)
XYZ	xyz(12.3681, 19.7620, 17.6276)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B6D #8B1836

analogous

#188B34 #188B6D #18708B

triadic

#188B6D #6D188B #8B6D18

tetradic

#188B6D #34188B #8B1836 #708B18

square

#188B6D #34188B #8B1836 #708B18

split-complementary

#188B6D #8B1870 #8B3418

monochromatic

#06231B #0F5744 #188B6D #21BF96 #3FDEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#188B6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#188B6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B6D

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B6D	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79776F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.107 169.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae96',
    500: '#188b6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b6d;
$custom-light: #6bae96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.348,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5691,
    "c": 0.10711,
    "h": 169.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B6D

secondary

#BE4061

accent

#3A69ED

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B6D

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

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