#188B99#188B99

#188B99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.095 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B99
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 153)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 9.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.90, -24.67, -16.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.90, 29.43, 213.03°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0844 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.095 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3565, 20.9574, 33.3666)
Luminance	0.2096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B99 #992618

analogous

#189967 #188B99 #184A99

triadic

#188B99 #99188B #8B9918

tetradic

#188B99 #671899 #992618 #4A9918

square

#188B99 #671899 #992618 #4A9918

split-complementary

#188B99 #99184A #996718

monochromatic

#072B2F #105B64 #188B99 #20BBCE #49D2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#188B99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#188B99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B99

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B99	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E859A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7999

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.095 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fadb7',
    500: '#188b99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b99;
$custom-light: #6fadb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.512,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58441,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B99

secondary

#C45649

accent

#4C38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B99

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

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