#188FA0#188FA0

#188FA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.099 H 210.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#188FA0
RGB	rgb(24, 143, 160)
HSL	hsl(188, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 10.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.42, -24.39, -17.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.42, 30.17, 216.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.76% -0.0853 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(59.76% 0.099 210.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.5415, 22.3751, 36.6979)
Luminance	0.2238 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#188FA0 #A02918

analogous

#18A06D #188FA0 #184BA0

triadic

#188FA0 #A0188F #8FA018

tetradic

#188FA0 #6D18A0 #A02918 #4BA018

square

#188FA0 #6D18A0 #A02918 #4BA018

split-complementary

#188FA0 #A0184B #A06D18

monochromatic

#083036 #105F6B #188FA0 #20BFD5 #4ED2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#188FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#188FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #188FA0

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##188FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##188FA0	1.00	3.84	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7DA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #188fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 143, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.099 210.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0bc',
    500: '#188fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #188fa0;
$custom-light: #71b0bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#188fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59755,
    "c": 0.09862,
    "h": 210.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.22377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#188FA0

secondary

#C65C4D

accent

#4E37F1

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #188FA0

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

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