#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
RGBrgb(24, 139, 109)
HSLhsl(164, 71%, 32%)
HSVhsv(164, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82.7%, 0%, 21.6%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(51.57, -37.87, 7.49)
CIE-LCHlch(51.57, 38.60, 168.81°)
OKLaboklab(56.91% -0.1054 0.0191)
OKLCHoklch(56.91% 0.107 169.7)
XYZxyz(12.3681, 19.7620, 17.6276)
Luminance0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperatureneutral
Familyteal

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
##188B6D1.004.244.954.95
#FFFFFF4.241.0021.0021.00
#0000004.9521.001.001.00
##0000004.9521.001.001.00

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

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#188B6D Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva