#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
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -22.84, -19.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 29.84, 220.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.99% -0.0824 -0.0536)
OKLCH	oklch(58.99% 0.098 213.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.0972, 21.4864, 36.5498)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##188CA0	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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