#188D8D#188D8D

#188D8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188D8D
RGB	rgb(24, 141, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 0%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -29.54, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 30.81, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.0918 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.095 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7070, 21.1652, 28.5043)
Luminance	0.2117 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188D8D #8D1818

analogous

#188D53 #188D8D #18538D

triadic

#188D8D #8D188D #8D8D18

tetradic

#188D8D #53188D #8D1818 #538D18

square

#188D8D #53188D #8D1818 #538D18

split-complementary

#188D8D #8D1853 #8D5318

monochromatic

#062424 #0F5959 #188D8D #21C1C1 #41DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#188D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#188D8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188D8D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188D8D	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 141, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafae',
    500: '#188d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188d8d;
$custom-light: #6eafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58489,
    "c": 0.09497,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188D8D

secondary

#BF4242

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188D8D

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

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