#188C8D#188C8D

#188C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C8D
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -29.05, -9.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 30.49, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.23% -0.0908 -0.0257)
OKLCH	oklch(58.23% 0.094 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5603, 20.8716, 28.4554)
Luminance	0.2087 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C8D #8D1918

analogous

#188D54 #188C8D #18518D

triadic

#188C8D #8D188C #8C8D18

tetradic

#188C8D #54188D #8D1918 #518D18

square

#188C8D #54188D #8D1918 #518D18

split-complementary

#188C8D #8D1851 #8D5418

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5859 #188C8D #21C0C1 #41DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#188C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#188C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C8D

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C8D	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)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeae',
    500: '#188c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c8d;
$custom-light: #6eaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58228,
    "c": 0.09435,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C8D

secondary

#BF4342

accent

#3C3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C8D

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

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