#188F8A#188F8A

#188F8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 190.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F8A
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 138)
HSL	hsl(177, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(177, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 3.5%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -31.43, -6.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 32.04, 191.16°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0952 -0.0174)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.097 190.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7844, 21.6722, 27.4438)
Luminance	0.2167 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F8A #8F181D

analogous

#188F4E #188F8A #18588F

triadic

#188F8A #8A188F #8F8A18

tetradic

#188F8A #4E188F #8F181D #588F18

square

#188F8A #4E188F #8F181D #588F18

split-complementary

#188F8A #8F1858 #8F4E18

monochromatic

#062625 #0F5B57 #188F8A #21C3BD #42DFD9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#188F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#188F8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F8A

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F8A	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 190.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ac',
    500: '#188f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f8a;
$custom-light: #6eb0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.479,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58903,
    "c": 0.09678,
    "h": 190.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21674
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F8A

secondary

#C04348

accent

#3A41EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F8A

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

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