#188B89#188B89

#188B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.094 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B89
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.36, -29.82, -7.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.36, 30.77, 194.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.82% -0.0916 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(57.82% 0.094 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.1225, 20.4638, 26.8676)
Luminance	0.2047 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B89 #8B181A

analogous

#188B50 #188B89 #18538B

triadic

#188B89 #89188B #8B8918

tetradic

#188B89 #50188B #8B181A #538B18

square

#188B89 #50188B #8B181A #538B18

split-complementary

#188B89 #8B1853 #8B5018

monochromatic

#062322 #0F5756 #188B89 #21BFBC #3FDEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#188B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#188B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B89

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B89	1.00	4.12	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.12	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)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.094 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadab',
    500: '#188b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b89;
$custom-light: #6dadab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.957,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57818,
    "c": 0.09405,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B89

secondary

#BE4043

accent

#3A3EED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B89

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

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