#188F9F#188F9F

#188F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 209.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188F9F
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.39, -24.72, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.39, 30.14, 214.90°)
OKLab	oklab(59.71% -0.0857 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(59.71% 0.098 209.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.4544, 22.3402, 36.2390)
Luminance	0.2234 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188F9F #9F2818

analogous

#189F6B #188F9F #184B9F

triadic

#188F9F #9F188F #8F9F18

tetradic

#188F9F #6B189F #9F2818 #4B9F18

square

#188F9F #6B189F #9F2818 #4B9F18

split-complementary

#188F9F #9F184B #9F6B18

monochromatic

#082F35 #105F6A #188F9F #20BFD4 #4DD2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#188F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#188F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188F9F

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188F9F	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 209.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0bb',
    500: '#188f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188f9f;
$custom-light: #71b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59713,
    "c": 0.09827,
    "h": 209.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22342
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188F9F

secondary

#C65B4D

accent

#4D37F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #188F9F

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

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