#188E8B#188E8B

#188E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8B
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -30.65, -7.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 31.48, 193.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0937 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.096 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7077, 21.4024, 27.7770)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8B #8E181B

analogous

#188E50 #188E8B #18568E

triadic

#188E8B #8B188E #8E8B18

tetradic

#188E8B #50188E #8E181B #568E18

square

#188E8B #50188E #8E181B #568E18

split-complementary

#188E8B #8E1856 #8E5018

monochromatic

#062525 #0F5A58 #188E8B #21C2BE #41DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#188E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#188E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8B	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)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#188e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8b;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.475,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58677,
    "c": 0.09587,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21404
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8B

secondary

#C04245

accent

#3A3FEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8B

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

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