#188E7B#188E7B

#188E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.210; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.102 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E7B
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 123)
HSL	hsl(170, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(170, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 13.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.91, -35.38, 1.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.91, 35.41, 177.82°)
OKLab	oklab(58.14% -0.1015 0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(58.14% 0.102 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(13.6230, 20.9685, 22.0644)
Luminance	0.2097 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E7B #8E182B

analogous

#188E40 #188E7B #18668E

triadic

#188E7B #7B188E #8E7B18

tetradic

#188E7B #40188E #8E182B #668E18

square

#188E7B #40188E #8E182B #668E18

split-complementary

#188E7B #8E1866 #8E4018

monochromatic

#062520 #0F5A4E #188E7B #21C2A8 #41DFC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.04

#188E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.19

#188E7B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E7B

5.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E7B	1.00	4.04	5.19	5.19
#FFFFFF	4.04	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#88857A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#797A7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009088

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.102 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6db0a1',
    500: '#188e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e7b;
$custom-light: #6db0a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.339,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58135,
    "c": 0.1015,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E7B

secondary

#C04256

accent

#3A57EE

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF5F2

border

#C8CFCC

text

#08100E

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E7B

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

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