#188F8B#188F8B

#188F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F8B
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 2.8%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.71, -31.13, -6.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.71, 31.85, 192.21°)
OKLab	oklab(58.94% -0.0947 -0.0188)
OKLCH	oklch(58.94% 0.097 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.8571, 21.7013, 27.8268)
Luminance	0.2170 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F8B #8F181C

analogous

#188F4F #188F8B #18588F

triadic

#188F8B #8B188F #8F8B18

tetradic

#188F8B #4F188F #8F181C #588F18

square

#188F8B #4F188F #8F181C #588F18

split-complementary

#188F8B #8F1858 #8F4F18

monochromatic

#062625 #0F5B58 #188F8B #21C3BE #42DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#188F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#188F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F8B

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F8B	1.00	3.93	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ac',
    500: '#188f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f8b;
$custom-light: #6eb0ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.983,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58939,
    "c": 0.09659,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21703
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F8B

secondary

#C04347

accent

#3A40EE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F8B

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

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