#188F8D#188F8D

#188F8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.096 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F8D
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 1.4%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -30.51, -7.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 31.49, 194.33°)
OKLab	oklab(59.01% -0.0938 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(59.01% 0.096 193)
XYZ	xyz(15.0046, 21.7603, 28.6035)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F8D #8F181A

analogous

#188F52 #188F8D #18558F

triadic

#188F8D #8D188F #8F8D18

tetradic

#188F8D #52188F #8F181A #558F18

square

#188F8D #52188F #8F181A #558F18

split-complementary

#188F8D #8F1855 #8F5218

monochromatic

#062626 #0F5B59 #188F8D #21C3C1 #42DFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#188F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#188F8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F8D

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F8D	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#85878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.096 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0ae',
    500: '#188f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f8d;
$custom-light: #6fb0ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.992,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59011,
    "c": 0.09628,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F8D

secondary

#C04345

accent

#3A3DEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F8D

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

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