#188B8B#188B8B

#188B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B8B
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.42, -29.19, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.42, 30.45, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0907 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.094 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2673, 20.5217, 27.6302)
Luminance	0.2052 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B8B #8B1818

analogous

#188B52 #188B8B #18528B

triadic

#188B8B #8B188B #8B8B18

tetradic

#188B8B #52188B #8B1818 #528B18

square

#188B8B #52188B #8B1818 #528B18

split-complementary

#188B8B #8B1852 #8B5218

monochromatic

#062323 #0F5757 #188B8B #21BFBF #3FDEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#188B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#188B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B8B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B8B	1.00	4.11	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.11	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)

#81848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadac',
    500: '#188b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b8b;
$custom-light: #6eadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.09384,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B8B

secondary

#BE4040

accent

#3A3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B8B

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

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