#188E9D#188E9D

#188E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.097 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E9D
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.00, -24.88, -16.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.00, 29.95, 213.85°)
OKLab	oklab(59.38% -0.0856 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.38% 0.097 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1328, 21.9724, 35.2826)
Luminance	0.2198 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E9D #9D2718

analogous

#189D69 #188E9D #184B9D

triadic

#188E9D #9D188E #8E9D18

tetradic

#188E9D #69189D #9D2718 #4B9D18

square

#188E9D #69189D #9D2718 #4B9D18

split-complementary

#188E9D #9D184B #9D6918

monochromatic

#082E33 #105E68 #188E9D #20BED2 #4CD2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#188E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#188E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E9D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E9D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.097 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afba',
    500: '#188e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e9d;
$custom-light: #70afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59375,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E9D

secondary

#C5594B

accent

#4C38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E9D

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

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