#188E79#188E79

#188E79 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.103 H 176.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E79
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 121)
HSL	hsl(169, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(169, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 14.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -35.94, 2.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 36.02, 176.15°)
OKLab	oklab(58.07% -0.1024 0.0059)
OKLCH	oklch(58.07% 0.103 176.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.4991, 20.9190, 21.4118)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E79 #8E182D

analogous

#188E3E #188E79 #18688E

triadic

#188E79 #79188E #8E7918

tetradic

#188E79 #3E188E #8E182D #688E18

square

#188E79 #3E188E #8E182D #688E18

split-complementary

#188E79 #8E1868 #8E3E18

monochromatic

#062520 #0F5A4C #188E79 #21C2A6 #41DFC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#188E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#188E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E79

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E79	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.103 176.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db09f',
    500: '#188e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e79;
$custom-light: #6db09f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.322,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58072,
    "c": 0.10262,
    "h": 176.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E79

secondary

#C04258

accent

#3A5AEE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E79

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

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