#188F8F#188F8F

#188F8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.096 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F8F
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 143)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 0%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.84, -29.89, -8.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.84, 31.17, 196.50°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0929 -0.0246)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.096 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.1548, 21.8203, 29.3943)
Luminance	0.2182 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F8F #8F1818

analogous

#188F53 #188F8F #18538F

triadic

#188F8F #8F188F #8F8F18

tetradic

#188F8F #53188F #8F1818 #538F18

square

#188F8F #53188F #8F1818 #538F18

split-complementary

#188F8F #8F1853 #8F5318

monochromatic

#062626 #0F5B5B #188F8F #21C3C3 #42DFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#188F8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#188F8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F8F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F8F	1.00	3.91	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85888F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757C90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00948F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.096 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb0af',
    500: '#188f8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f8f;
$custom-light: #6fb0af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59084,
    "c": 0.09608,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F8F

secondary

#C04343

accent

#3A3AEE

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F8F

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

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