#188F9E#188F9E

#188F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 208.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F9E
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.35, -25.05, -16.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.35, 30.12, 213.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.67% -0.0861 -0.0466)
OKLCH	oklch(59.67% 0.098 208.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.3680, 22.3056, 35.7839)
Luminance	0.2231 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F9E #9E2718

analogous

#189E6A #188F9E #184C9E

triadic

#188F9E #9E188F #8F9E18

tetradic

#188F9E #6A189E #9E2718 #4C9E18

square

#188F9E #6A189E #9E2718 #4C9E18

split-complementary

#188F9E #9E184C #9E6A18

monochromatic

#082F34 #105F69 #188F9E #20BFD3 #4DD3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#188F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#188F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F9E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F9E	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 208.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ba',
    500: '#188f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f9e;
$custom-light: #71b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.716,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59672,
    "c": 0.09794,
    "h": 208.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22308
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F9E

secondary

#C65A4C

accent

#4C38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F9E

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

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