#188CA1#188CA1

#188CA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.099 H 213.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188CA1
RGB	rgb(24, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -22.50, -19.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 29.92, 221.24°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0819 -0.0551)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.099 213.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1850, 21.5215, 37.0123)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188CA1 #A12D18

analogous

#18A172 #188CA1 #1848A1

triadic

#188CA1 #A1188C #8CA118

tetradic

#188CA1 #7218A1 #A12D18 #48A118

square

#188CA1 #7218A1 #A12D18 #48A118

split-complementary

#188CA1 #A11848 #A17218

monochromatic

#082F36 #105E6C #188CA1 #20BAD6 #4FCEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#188CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#188CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188CA1

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188CA1	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)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.099 213.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebc',
    500: '#188ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188ca1;
$custom-light: #71aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.197,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59035,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 213.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188CA1

secondary

#C7604E

accent

#5437F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188CA1

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

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