#188C88#188C88

#188C88 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.095 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C88
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 136)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.65, -30.61, -6.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.65, 31.31, 192.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.04% -0.0931 -0.0184)
OKLCH	oklch(58.04% 0.095 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.1966, 20.7261, 26.5401)
Luminance	0.2073 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C88 #8C181C

analogous

#188C4E #188C88 #18568C

triadic

#188C88 #88188C #8C8818

tetradic

#188C88 #4E188C #8C181C #568C18

square

#188C88 #4E188C #8C181C #568C18

split-complementary

#188C88 #8C1856 #8C4E18

monochromatic

#062422 #0F5855 #188C88 #21C0BB #40DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.08

#188C88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.15

#188C88 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C88

5.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C88	1.00	4.08	5.15	5.15
#FFFFFF	4.08	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#838488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737989

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.095 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeaa',
    500: '#188c88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c88;
$custom-light: #6eaeaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.931,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58044,
    "c": 0.09492,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20728
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C88

secondary

#BF4145

accent

#3A40ED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C88

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

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