#188B88#188B88

#188B88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B88
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 2.2%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.33, -30.13, -7.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.33, 30.94, 193.18°)
OKLab	oklab(57.78% -0.0921 -0.0197)
OKLCH	oklch(57.78% 0.094 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0511, 20.4352, 26.4916)
Luminance	0.2044 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B88 #8B181B

analogous

#188B4F #188B88 #18558B

triadic

#188B88 #88188B #8B8818

tetradic

#188B88 #4F188B #8B181B #558B18

square

#188B88 #4F188B #8B181B #558B18

split-complementary

#188B88 #8B1855 #8B4F18

monochromatic

#062322 #0F5755 #188B88 #21BFBB #3FDEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#188B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#188B88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B88

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B88	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828388

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#727889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadaa',
    500: '#188b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b88;
$custom-light: #6dadaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.435,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57781,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B88

secondary

#BE4044

accent

#3A3FED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B88

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

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