#188EA1#188EA1

#188EA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.221; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.099 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188EA1
RGB	rgb(24, 142, 161)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 11.8%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.14, -23.54, -18.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.14, 30.10, 218.56°)
OKLab	oklab(59.54% -0.0839 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(59.54% 0.099 212)
XYZ	xyz(16.4799, 22.1113, 37.1106)
Luminance	0.2211 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188EA1 #A12B18

analogous

#18A170 #188EA1 #184AA1

triadic

#188EA1 #A1188E #8EA118

tetradic

#188EA1 #7018A1 #A12B18 #4AA118

square

#188EA1 #7018A1 #A12B18 #4AA118

split-complementary

#188EA1 #A1184A #A17018

monochromatic

#083036 #105F6C #188EA1 #20BDD6 #4FD0E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.87

#188EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.42

#188EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188EA1

5.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188EA1	1.00	3.87	5.42	5.42
#FFFFFF	3.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F89A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7CA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 142, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.099 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afbc',
    500: '#188ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188ea1;
$custom-light: #71afbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.321,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59543,
    "c": 0.09888,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.22113
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188EA1

secondary

#C75F4E

accent

#5137F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188EA1

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

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