#188E8F#188E8F

#188E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E8F
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -29.40, -9.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 30.85, 197.61°)
OKLab	oklab(58.82% -0.0919 -0.026)
OKLCH	oklch(58.82% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0053, 21.5214, 29.3445)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E8F #8F1918

analogous

#188F54 #188E8F #18538F

triadic

#188E8F #8F188E #8E8F18

tetradic

#188E8F #54188F #8F1918 #538F18

square

#188E8F #54188F #8F1918 #538F18

split-complementary

#188E8F #8F1853 #8F5418

monochromatic

#062626 #0F5A5B #188E8F #21C2C3 #42DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#188E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#188E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E8F

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E8F	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)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#188e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e8f;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.504,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58824,
    "c": 0.09546,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21523
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E8F

secondary

#C04443

accent

#3B3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E8F

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

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