#188E8D#188E8D

#188E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8D
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -30.03, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 31.15, 195.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.75% -0.0928 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(58.75% 0.096 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.8551, 21.4614, 28.5537)
Luminance	0.2146 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8D #8E1819

analogous

#188E52 #188E8D #18548E

triadic

#188E8D #8D188E #8E8D18

tetradic

#188E8D #52188E #8E1819 #548E18

square

#188E8D #52188E #8E1819 #548E18

split-complementary

#188E8D #8E1854 #8E5218

monochromatic

#062525 #0F5A59 #188E8D #21C2C1 #41DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#188E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#188E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8D

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8D	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)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafae',
    500: '#188e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8d;
$custom-light: #6eafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.492,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5875,
    "c": 0.09561,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21463
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8D

secondary

#C04243

accent

#3A3BEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8D

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

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