#188D99#188D99

#188D99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188D99
RGB	rgb(24, 141, 153)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 7.8%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.54, -25.69, -15.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.54, 29.79, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0863 -0.042)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.096 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6488, 21.5418, 33.4640)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188D99 #992418

analogous

#189964 #188D99 #184D99

triadic

#188D99 #99188D #8D9918

tetradic

#188D99 #641899 #992418 #4D9918

square

#188D99 #641899 #992418 #4D9918

split-complementary

#188D99 #99184D #996418

monochromatic

#072B2F #105C64 #188D99 #20BECE #49D4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#188D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#188D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188D99

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188D99	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009490

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 141, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeb7',
    500: '#188d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188d99;
$custom-light: #70aeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.581,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58955,
    "c": 0.09601,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188D99

secondary

#C45449

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188D99

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

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