#188E99#188E99

#188E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.096 H 204.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E99
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.85, -26.19, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.85, 29.99, 209.13°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0873 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.096 204.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7969, 21.8381, 33.5134)
Luminance	0.2184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E99 #992318

analogous

#189963 #188E99 #184E99

triadic

#188E99 #99188E #8E9918

tetradic

#188E99 #631899 #992318 #4E9918

square

#188E99 #631899 #992318 #4E9918

split-complementary

#188E99 #99184E #996318

monochromatic

#072C2F #105D64 #188E99 #20BFCE #49D5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#188E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#188E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E99

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E99	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.096 204.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afb7',
    500: '#188e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e99;
$custom-light: #70afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.116,
    "s": 72.881,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59212,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 204.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2184
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E99

secondary

#C45349

accent

#4838F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E99

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

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