#188E98#188E98

#188E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E98
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.82, -26.52, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.82, 30.02, 207.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% -0.0878 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.096 204)
XYZ	xyz(15.7146, 21.8052, 33.0803)
Luminance	0.2181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E98 #982218

analogous

#189862 #188E98 #184E98

triadic

#188E98 #98188E #8E9818

tetradic

#188E98 #621898 #982218 #4E9818

square

#188E98 #621898 #982218 #4E9818

split-complementary

#188E98 #98184E #986218

monochromatic

#072B2E #105D63 #188E98 #20BFCD #48D6E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#188E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#188E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E98

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E98	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717B98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afb6',
    500: '#188e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e98;
$custom-light: #70afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.688,
    "s": 72.727,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59172,
    "c": 0.09612,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.21807
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E98

secondary

#C45248

accent

#4738EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E98

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

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