#188E9F#188E9F

#188E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.098 H 210.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188E9F
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.07, -24.21, -17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.07, 30.01, 216.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.46% -0.0847 -0.0494)
OKLCH	oklch(59.46% 0.098 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.3049, 22.0413, 36.1892)
Luminance	0.2204 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188E9F #9F2918

analogous

#189F6C #188E9F #184A9F

triadic

#188E9F #9F188E #8E9F18

tetradic

#188E9F #6C189F #9F2918 #4A9F18

square

#188E9F #6C189F #9F2918 #4A9F18

split-complementary

#188E9F #9F184A #9F6C18

monochromatic

#082F35 #105F6A #188E9F #20BDD4 #4DD1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.88

#188E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.41

#188E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188E9F

5.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188E9F	1.00	3.88	5.41	5.41
#FFFFFF	3.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8088A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.098 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afbb',
    500: '#188e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188e9f;
$custom-light: #71afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59458,
    "c": 0.09809,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188E9F

secondary

#C65C4D

accent

#4F37F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188E9F

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

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