#188F9B#188F9B

#188F9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.222; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.097 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F9B
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 155)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 85%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 7.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.24, -26.04, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.24, 30.14, 210.21°)
OKLab	oklab(59.55% -0.0874 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(59.55% 0.097 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.1129, 22.2036, 34.4405)
Luminance	0.2221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F9B #9B2418

analogous

#189B65 #188F9B #184E9B

triadic

#188F9B #9B188F #8F9B18

tetradic

#188F9B #65189B #9B2418 #4E9B18

square

#188F9B #65189B #9B2418 #4E9B18

split-complementary

#188F9B #9B184E #9B6518

monochromatic

#082D31 #105E66 #188F9B #20C0D0 #4AD5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.86

#188F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.44

#188F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F9B

5.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F9B	1.00	3.86	5.44	5.44
#FFFFFF	3.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009692

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.097 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0b8',
    500: '#188f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f9b;
$custom-light: #70b0b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.496,
    "s": 73.184,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59549,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.22206
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F9B

secondary

#C5554A

accent

#4938F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F9B

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

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