#188B8A#188B8A

#188B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B8A
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -29.51, -8.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 30.60, 195.39°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0912 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.094 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.1946, 20.4926, 27.2472)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B8A #8B1819

analogous

#188B51 #188B8A #18538B

triadic

#188B8A #8A188B #8B8A18

tetradic

#188B8A #51188B #8B1819 #538B18

square

#188B8A #51188B #8B1819 #538B18

split-complementary

#188B8A #8B1853 #8B5118

monochromatic

#062322 #0F5756 #188B8A #21BFBE #3FDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#188B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#188B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B8A

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B8A	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadac',
    500: '#188b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b8a;
$custom-light: #6eadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57854,
    "c": 0.09393,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20494
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B8A

secondary

#BE4042

accent

#3A3CED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B8A

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

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