#188D8A#188D8A

#188D8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.095 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188D8A
RGB	rgb(24, 141, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -30.48, -7.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 31.30, 193.22°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0932 -0.02)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.095 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.4868, 21.0771, 27.3446)
Luminance	0.2108 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188D8A #8D181B

analogous

#188D50 #188D8A #18558D

triadic

#188D8A #8A188D #8D8A18

tetradic

#188D8A #50188D #8D181B #558D18

square

#188D8A #50188D #8D181B #558D18

split-complementary

#188D8A #8D1855 #8D5018

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5957 #188D8A #21C1BD #41DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#188D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#188D8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188D8A

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188D8A	1.00	4.03	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84858A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 141, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.095 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#188d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188d8a;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58379,
    "c": 0.09531,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188D8A

secondary

#BF4245

accent

#3A3FEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188D8A

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

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