#188E8E#188E8E

#188E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8E
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.48, -29.72, -8.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.48, 30.99, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(58.79% -0.0923 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(58.79% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9299, 21.4913, 28.9473)
Luminance	0.2149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8E #8E1818

analogous

#188E53 #188E8E #18538E

triadic

#188E8E #8E188E #8E8E18

tetradic

#188E8E #53188E #8E1818 #538E18

square

#188E8E #53188E #8E1818 #538E18

split-complementary

#188E8E #8E1853 #8E5318

monochromatic

#062525 #0F5A5A #188E8E #21C2C2 #41DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#188E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#188E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#188e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8e;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58787,
    "c": 0.09553,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8E

secondary

#C04242

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8E

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

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