#188B9D#188B9D

#188B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188B9D
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.05, -23.33, -18.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.05, 29.55, 217.85°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0826 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.097 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.6924, 21.0917, 35.1358)
Luminance	0.2109 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188B9D #9D2A18

analogous

#189D6C #188B9D #18499D

triadic

#188B9D #9D188B #8B9D18

tetradic

#188B9D #6C189D #9D2A18 #499D18

square

#188B9D #6C189D #9D2A18 #499D18

split-complementary

#188B9D #9D1849 #9D6C18

monochromatic

#082D33 #105C68 #188B9D #20BAD2 #4CCFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#188B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#188B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188B9D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188B9D	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adba',
    500: '#188b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188b9d;
$custom-light: #70adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58609,
    "c": 0.0969,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21094
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188B9D

secondary

#C55C4B

accent

#5138F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188B9D

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

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