#188C96#188C96

#188C96 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C96
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 150)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 6.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -26.17, -13.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 29.67, 208.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0867 -0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.095 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.2573, 21.1504, 32.1265)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C96 #962218

analogous

#189661 #188C96 #184D96

triadic

#188C96 #96188C #8C9618

tetradic

#188C96 #611896 #962218 #4D9618

square

#188C96 #611896 #962218 #4D9618

split-complementary

#188C96 #96184D #966118

monochromatic

#072A2C #105B61 #188C96 #20BDCB #47D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#188C96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#188C96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C96

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C96	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808697

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A96

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb4',
    500: '#188c96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c96;
$custom-light: #6faeb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.762,
    "s": 72.414,
    "l": 34.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58576,
    "c": 0.09503,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C96

secondary

#C35147

accent

#4739EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C96

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

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