#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
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 140)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.45, -28.88, -9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.45, 30.30, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.0902 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.094 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.3407, 20.5511, 28.0168)
Luminance	0.2055 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##188B8C	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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