#188E89#188E89

#188E89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E89
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 137)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 3.5%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.32, -31.26, -6.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.32, 31.86, 191.13°)
OKLab	oklab(58.61% -0.0947 -0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(58.61% 0.096 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.5629, 21.3445, 27.0144)
Luminance	0.2135 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E89 #8E181D

analogous

#188E4E #188E89 #18588E

triadic

#188E89 #89188E #8E8918

tetradic

#188E89 #4E188E #8E181D #588E18

square

#188E89 #4E188E #8E181D #588E18

split-complementary

#188E89 #8E1858 #8E4E18

monochromatic

#062524 #0F5A56 #188E89 #21C2BC #41DFD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99

#188E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#188E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E89

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E89	1.00	3.99	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.99	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#858689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafab',
    500: '#188e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e89;
$custom-light: #6eafab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.458,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58605,
    "c": 0.09622,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21346
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E89

secondary

#C04247

accent

#3A42EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E89

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

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