#188C8C#188C8C

#188C8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C8C
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 140)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -29.37, -8.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 30.63, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.19% -0.0912 -0.0242)
OKLCH	oklch(58.19% 0.094 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4862, 20.8420, 28.0653)
Luminance	0.2084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C8C #8C1818

analogous

#188C52 #188C8C #18528C

triadic

#188C8C #8C188C #8C8C18

tetradic

#188C8C #52188C #8C1818 #528C18

square

#188C8C #52188C #8C1818 #528C18

split-complementary

#188C8C #8C1852 #8C5218

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5858 #188C8C #21C0C0 #40DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#188C8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#188C8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C8C

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C8C	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaead',
    500: '#188c8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c8c;
$custom-light: #6eaead;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5819,
    "c": 0.09441,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C8C

secondary

#BF4141

accent

#3A3AED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C8C

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

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