#188B8C#188B8C

#188B8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#188B8C
RGBrgb(24, 139, 140)
HSLhsl(181, 71%, 32%)
HSVhsv(181, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(52.45, -28.88, -9.18)
CIE-LCHlch(52.45, 30.30, 197.64°)
OKLaboklab(57.93% -0.0902 -0.0256)
OKLCHoklch(57.93% 0.094 195.8)
XYZxyz(14.3407, 20.5511, 28.0168)
Luminance0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#188B8C #8C1918
analogous
#188C53 #188B8C #18518C
triadic
#188B8C #8C188B #8B8C18
tetradic
#188B8C #53188C #8C1918 #518C18
square
#188B8C #53188C #8C1918 #518C18
split-complementary
#188B8C #8C1851 #8C5318
monochromatic
#062324 #0F5758 #188B8C #21BFC0 #40DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11
#188B8C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11
#188B8C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B8C
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##188B8C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##188B8C1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#81848C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#71788D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00908B
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #188b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 195.8);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadad',
    500: '#188b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #188b8c;
$custom-light: #6eadad;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#188b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57929,
    "c": 0.09379,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#188B8C
secondary
#BF4241
accent
#3C3AED
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B8C

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#188B8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva