#188E8C#188E8C

#188E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8C
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -30.34, -7.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 31.31, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.71% -0.0933 -0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(58.71% 0.096 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.7811, 21.4318, 28.1636)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8C #8E181A

analogous

#188E51 #188E8C #18558E

triadic

#188E8C #8C188E #8E8C18

tetradic

#188E8C #51188E #8E181A #558E18

square

#188E8C #51188E #8E181A #558E18

split-complementary

#188E8C #8E1855 #8E5118

monochromatic

#062525 #0F5A58 #188E8C #21C2C0 #41DFDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#188E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#188E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8C	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafad',
    500: '#188e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8c;
$custom-light: #6eafad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.983,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58713,
    "c": 0.09573,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8C

secondary

#C04244

accent

#3A3DEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8C

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

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