#188B85#188B85

#188B85 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.095 H 189.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B85
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 133)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 4.3%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.23, -31.05, -5.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.23, 31.52, 189.96°)
OKLab	oklab(57.67% -0.0935 -0.0153)
OKLCH	oklch(57.67% 0.095 189.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.8409, 20.3511, 25.3844)
Luminance	0.2035 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B85 #8B181E

analogous

#188B4C #188B85 #18578B

triadic

#188B85 #85188B #8B8518

tetradic

#188B85 #4C188B #8B181E #578B18

square

#188B85 #4C188B #8B181E #578B18

split-complementary

#188B85 #8B1857 #8B4C18

monochromatic

#062321 #0F5753 #188B85 #21BFB7 #3FDED6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#188B85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#188B85 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B85

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B85	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838385

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737886

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.095 189.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dada8',
    500: '#188b85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b85;
$custom-light: #6dada8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.87,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57674,
    "c": 0.09478,
    "h": 189.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20353
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B85

secondary

#BE4047

accent

#3A44ED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B85

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

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