#188E86#188E86

#188E86 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.097 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E86
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 134)
HSL	hsl(176, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(176, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.23, -32.17, -4.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.23, 32.49, 188.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.5% -0.0961 -0.0128)
OKLCH	oklch(58.5% 0.097 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3507, 21.2596, 25.8968)
Luminance	0.2126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E86 #8E1820

analogous

#188E4B #188E86 #185B8E

triadic

#188E86 #86188E #8E8618

tetradic

#188E86 #4B188E #8E1820 #5B8E18

square

#188E86 #4B188E #8E1820 #5B8E18

split-complementary

#188E86 #8E185B #8E4B18

monochromatic

#062523 #0F5A55 #188E86 #21C2B7 #41DFD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#188E86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#188E86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E86

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E86	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)

#868686

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.097 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafa9',
    500: '#188e86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e86;
$custom-light: #6eafa9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.932,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58499,
    "c": 0.09696,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E86

secondary

#C0424B

accent

#3A46EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E86

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

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