#188B8E#188B8E

#188B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#188B8E
RGBrgb(24, 139, 142)
HSLhsl(182, 71%, 33%)
HSVhsv(182, 83%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83.1%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.52, -28.25, -10.24)
CIE-LCHlch(52.52, 30.05, 199.93°)
OKLaboklab(58% -0.0893 -0.0285)
OKLCHoklch(58% 0.094 197.7)
XYZxyz(14.4895, 20.6106, 28.8005)
Luminance0.2061 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#188B8E #8E1B18
analogous
#188E56 #188B8E #18508E
triadic
#188B8E #8E188B #8B8E18
tetradic
#188B8E #56188E #8E1B18 #508E18
square
#188B8E #56188E #8E1B18 #508E18
split-complementary
#188B8E #8E1850 #8E5618
monochromatic
#062525 #0F585A #188B8E #21BEC2 #41DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10
#188B8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12
#188B8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B8E
5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##188B8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##188B8E1.004.105.125.12
#FFFFFF4.101.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1221.001.001.00
##0000005.1221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

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

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #188b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.094 197.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadaf',
    500: '#188b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #188b8e;
$custom-light: #6eadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#188b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.525,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58004,
    "c": 0.09374,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#188B8E
secondary
#C04542
accent
#3F3AEE
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#188B8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva