#188CA0#188CA0

#188CA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.098 H 213.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#188CA0
RGBrgb(24, 140, 160)
HSLhsl(189, 74%, 36%)
HSVhsv(189, 85%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(85%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.48, -22.84, -19.21)
CIE-LCHlch(53.48, 29.84, 220.07°)
OKLaboklab(58.99% -0.0824 -0.0536)
OKLCHoklch(58.99% 0.098 213.1)
XYZxyz(16.0972, 21.4864, 36.5498)
Luminance0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#188CA0 #A02C18
analogous
#18A070 #188CA0 #1848A0
triadic
#188CA0 #A0188C #8CA018
tetradic
#188CA0 #7018A0 #A02C18 #48A018
square
#188CA0 #7018A0 #A02C18 #48A018
split-complementary
#188CA0 #A01848 #A07018
monochromatic
#082F36 #105D6B #188CA0 #20BBD5 #4ECEE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96
#188CA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30
#188CA0 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188CA0
5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##188CA0#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##188CA01.003.965.305.30
#FFFFFF3.961.0021.0021.00
#0000005.3021.001.001.00
##0000005.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7D87A1
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6C7AA0
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009492
Achromatopsia (no color)
#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #188ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.098 213.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebc',
    500: '#188ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #188ca0;
$custom-light: #71aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#188ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.824,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58991,
    "c": 0.09828,
    "h": 213.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21488
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#188CA0
secondary
#C65F4D
accent
#5237F1
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188CA0

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#188CA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva