#188D8E#188D8E

#188D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188D8E
RGB	rgb(24, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.16, -29.23, -9.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.16, 30.67, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.53% -0.0913 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(58.53% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.7818, 21.1951, 28.8979)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188D8E #8E1918

analogous

#188E54 #188D8E #18528E

triadic

#188D8E #8E188D #8D8E18

tetradic

#188D8E #54188E #8E1918 #528E18

square

#188D8E #54188E #8E1918 #528E18

split-complementary

#188D8E #8E1852 #8E5418

monochromatic

#062525 #0F595A #188D8E #21C1C2 #41DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#188D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#188D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188D8E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188D8E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#188d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188d8e;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58526,
    "c": 0.0949,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188D8E

secondary

#C04342

accent

#3B3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188D8E

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

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