#188D8F#188D8F

#188D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188D8F
RGB	rgb(24, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -28.91, -9.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 30.53, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(58.56% -0.0909 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(58.56% 0.095 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8572, 21.2252, 29.2951)
Luminance	0.2123 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188D8F #8F1A18

analogous

#188F55 #188D8F #18528F

triadic

#188D8F #8F188D #8D8F18

tetradic

#188D8F #55188F #8F1A18 #528F18

square

#188D8F #55188F #8F1A18 #528F18

split-complementary

#188D8F #8F1852 #8F5518

monochromatic

#062626 #0F595B #188D8F #21C1C3 #42DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#188D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#188D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188D8F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188D8F	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#188d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188d8f;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.008,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58563,
    "c": 0.09487,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21227
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188D8F

secondary

#C04543

accent

#3D3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188D8F

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

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