#188B6E#188B6E

#188B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 56.9% C 0.106 H 170.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B6E
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 110)
HSL	hsl(165, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(165, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.59, -37.60, 6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.59, 38.24, 169.53°)
OKLab	oklab(56.94% -0.1049 0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(56.94% 0.106 170.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.4222, 19.7837, 17.9127)
Luminance	0.1978 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B6E #8B1835

analogous

#188B35 #188B6E #186E8B

triadic

#188B6E #6E188B #8B6E18

tetradic

#188B6E #35188B #8B1835 #6E8B18

square

#188B6E #35188B #8B1835 #6E8B18

split-complementary

#188B6E #8B186E #8B3518

monochromatic

#06231B #0F5745 #188B6E #21BF97 #3FDEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#188B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#188B6E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B6E

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B6E	1.00	4.24	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#87816D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797770

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.9% 0.106 170.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6bae97',
    500: '#188b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b6e;
$custom-light: #6bae97;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56938,
    "c": 0.10637,
    "h": 170.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.19785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B6E

secondary

#BE4060

accent

#3A68ED

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100D

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B6E

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

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