#18909E#18909E

#18909E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.098 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18909E
RGB	rgb(24, 144, 158)
HSL	hsl(186, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 8.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.67, -25.56, -16.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.67, 30.29, 212.44°)
OKLab	oklab(59.93% -0.0871 -0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(59.93% 0.098 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.5188, 22.6072, 35.8341)
Luminance	0.2261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18909E #9E2618

analogous

#189E69 #18909E #184D9E

triadic

#18909E #9E1890 #909E18

tetradic

#18909E #69189E #9E2618 #4D9E18

square

#18909E #69189E #9E2618 #4D9E18

split-complementary

#18909E #9E184D #9E6918

monochromatic

#082F34 #106069 #18909E #20C0D3 #4DD4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#18909E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#18909E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18909E

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18909E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18909E	1.00	3.80	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828A9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009794

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18909e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 144, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.098 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b1ba',
    500: '#18909e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18909e;
$custom-light: #71b1ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18909e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.269,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59927,
    "c": 0.09817,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18909E

secondary

#C6594C

accent

#4B38F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF5F6

border

#C8CFD0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #18909E

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

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