#188C99#188C99

#188C99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 206.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C99
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 8.5%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.22, -25.18, -15.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.22, 29.60, 211.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.7% -0.0854 -0.0433)
OKLCH	oklch(58.7% 0.096 206.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5020, 21.2483, 33.4151)
Luminance	0.2125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C99 #992518

analogous

#189966 #188C99 #184B99

triadic

#188C99 #99188C #8C9918

tetradic

#188C99 #661899 #992518 #4B9918

square

#188C99 #661899 #992518 #4B9918

split-complementary

#188C99 #99184B #996618

monochromatic

#072B2F #105C64 #188C99 #20BCCE #49D3E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#188C99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#188C99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C99

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C99	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F869A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009390

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 206.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeb7',
    500: '#188c99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c99;
$custom-light: #70aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.047,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58698,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 206.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C99

secondary

#C45549

accent

#4B38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C99

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

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