#18979E#18979E

#18979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.101 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18979E
RGB	rgb(24, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -29.06, -12.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 31.80, 203.95°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.094 -0.0359)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.101 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.6120, 24.7938, 36.1985)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18979E #9E1F18

analogous

#189E62 #18979E #18549E

triadic

#18979E #9E1897 #979E18

tetradic

#18979E #62189E #9E1F18 #549E18

square

#18979E #62189E #9E1F18 #549E18

split-complementary

#18979E #9E1854 #9E6218

monochromatic

#083134 #106469 #18979E #20CAD3 #4DDCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#18979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#18979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18979E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18979E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.101 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6ba',
    500: '#18979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18979e;
$custom-light: #72b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.134,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61717,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24796
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18979E

secondary

#C6524C

accent

#4138F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #18979E

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

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