#188F8C#188F8C

#188F8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F8C
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 140)
HSL	hsl(178, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 2.1%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.74, -30.82, -7.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.74, 31.66, 193.26°)
OKLab	oklab(58.98% -0.0943 -0.0203)
OKLCH	oklch(58.98% 0.096 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.9305, 21.7307, 28.2134)
Luminance	0.2173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F8C #8F181B

analogous

#188F50 #188F8C #18578F

triadic

#188F8C #8C188F #8F8C18

tetradic

#188F8C #50188F #8F181B #578F18

square

#188F8C #50188F #8F181B #578F18

split-complementary

#188F8C #8F1857 #8F5018

monochromatic

#062625 #0F5B59 #188F8C #21C3BF #42DFDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#188F8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#188F8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F8C

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F8C	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#86878C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#767B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0ad',
    500: '#188f8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f8c;
$custom-light: #6eb0ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.487,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58975,
    "c": 0.09643,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F8C

secondary

#C04346

accent

#3A3EEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F8C

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

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