#188C9D#188C9D

#188C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188C9D
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -23.85, -17.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 29.67, 216.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.86% -0.0836 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(58.86% 0.097 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8379, 21.3826, 35.1843)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188C9D #9D2918

analogous

#189D6B #188C9D #18499D

triadic

#188C9D #9D188C #8C9D18

tetradic

#188C9D #6B189D #9D2918 #499D18

square

#188C9D #6B189D #9D2918 #499D18

split-complementary

#188C9D #9D1849 #9D6B18

monochromatic

#082D33 #105D68 #188C9D #20BBD2 #4CD0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#188C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#188C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188C9D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188C9D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeba',
    500: '#188c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188c9d;
$custom-light: #70aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58864,
    "c": 0.09704,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188C9D

secondary

#C55B4B

accent

#4F38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188C9D

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

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