#188E8A#188E8A

#188E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8A
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -30.95, -6.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 31.67, 192.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0942 -0.0187)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.096 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6350, 21.3733, 27.3940)
Luminance	0.2137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8A #8E181C

analogous

#188E4F #188E8A #18578E

triadic

#188E8A #8A188E #8E8A18

tetradic

#188E8A #4F188E #8E181C #578E18

square

#188E8A #4F188E #8E181C #578E18

split-complementary

#188E8A #8E1857 #8E4F18

monochromatic

#062524 #0F5A57 #188E8A #21C2BD #41DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#188E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#188E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#188e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8a;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.966,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58641,
    "c": 0.09603,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21375
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8A

secondary

#C04246

accent

#3A40EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8A

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

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