#188C8F#188C8F

#188C8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C8F
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 2.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.87, -28.42, -10.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.87, 30.23, 199.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.3% -0.0899 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(58.3% 0.094 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.7104, 20.9317, 29.2462)
Luminance	0.2093 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C8F #8F1B18

analogous

#188F57 #188C8F #18508F

triadic

#188C8F #8F188C #8C8F18

tetradic

#188C8F #57188F #8F1B18 #508F18

square

#188C8F #57188F #8F1B18 #508F18

split-complementary

#188C8F #8F1850 #8F5718

monochromatic

#062526 #0F595B #188C8F #21BFC3 #42DBDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#188C8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#188C8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C8F

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C8F	1.00	4.05	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81858F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.094 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeaf',
    500: '#188c8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c8f;
$custom-light: #6eaeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58303,
    "c": 0.09431,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C8F

secondary

#C04643

accent

#3E3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C8F

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

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