#188BA1#188BA1

#188BA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.099 H 214.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188BA1
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 161)
HSL	hsl(190, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 13.7%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -21.98, -20.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 29.85, 222.60°)
OKLab	oklab(58.78% -0.081 -0.0565)
OKLCH	oklch(58.78% 0.099 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.0395, 21.2306, 36.9638)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188BA1 #A12E18

analogous

#18A173 #188BA1 #1847A1

triadic

#188BA1 #A1188B #8BA118

tetradic

#188BA1 #7318A1 #A12E18 #47A118

square

#188BA1 #7318A1 #A12E18 #47A118

split-complementary

#188BA1 #A11847 #A17318

monochromatic

#082F36 #105D6C #188BA1 #20B9D6 #4FCDE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#188BA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#188BA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188BA1

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188BA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188BA1	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009392

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188ba1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.099 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adbc',
    500: '#188ba1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188ba1;
$custom-light: #71adbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188ba1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.635,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58781,
    "c": 0.09871,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21233
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188BA1

secondary

#C7614E

accent

#5537F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188BA1

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

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