#188BA8#188BA8

#188BA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.103 H 220.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188BA8
RGB	rgb(24, 139, 168)
HSL	hsl(192, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(192, 86%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 17.3%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -19.56, -23.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 30.82, 230.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.09% -0.0781 -0.0668)
OKLCH	oklch(59.09% 0.103 220.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.6742, 21.4844, 40.3063)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188BA8 #A83518

analogous

#18A87D #188BA8 #1843A8

triadic

#188BA8 #A8188B #8BA818

tetradic

#188BA8 #7D18A8 #A83518 #43A818

square

#188BA8 #7D18A8 #A83518 #43A818

split-complementary

#188BA8 #A81843 #A87D18

monochromatic

#09323D #105F72 #188BA8 #20B7DE #54C9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#188BA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#188BA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188BA8

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188BA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188BA8	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A87AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#677AA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188ba8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 139, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.103 220.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72adc2',
    500: '#188ba8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188ba8;
$custom-light: #72adc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188ba8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.083,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59093,
    "c": 0.10276,
    "h": 220.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188BA8

secondary

#C96A53

accent

#5C36F2

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188BA8

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

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