#188B8D#188B8D

#188B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.094 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B8D
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.49, -28.56, -9.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.49, 30.17, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(57.97% -0.0898 -0.027)
OKLCH	oklch(57.97% 0.094 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.4148, 20.5807, 28.4069)
Luminance	0.2058 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B8D #8D1A18

analogous

#188D55 #188B8D #18508D

triadic

#188B8D #8D188B #8B8D18

tetradic

#188B8D #55188D #8D1A18 #508D18

square

#188B8D #55188D #8D1A18 #508D18

split-complementary

#188B8D #8D1850 #8D5518

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5759 #188B8D #21BFC1 #41DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#188B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#188B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B8D

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B8D	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.094 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadae',
    500: '#188b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b8d;
$custom-light: #6eadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57967,
    "c": 0.09375,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B8D

secondary

#BF4442

accent

#3D3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B8D

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

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