#189A9E#189A9E

#189A9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189A9E
RGB	rgb(24, 154, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 2.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.82, -30.52, -11.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.82, 32.61, 200.62°)
OKLab	oklab(62.49% -0.0969 -0.0319)
OKLCH	oklch(62.49% 0.102 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1010, 25.7717, 36.3615)
Luminance	0.2577 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189A9E #9E1C18

analogous

#189E5F #189A9E #18579E

triadic

#189A9E #9E189A #9A9E18

tetradic

#189A9E #5F189E #9E1C18 #579E18

square

#189A9E #5F189E #9E1C18 #579E18

split-complementary

#189A9E #9E1857 #9E5F18

monochromatic

#083234 #106669 #189A9E #20CED3 #4DDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#189A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.15

#189A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189A9E

6.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189A9E	1.00	3.41	6.15	6.15
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 154, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8ba',
    500: '#189a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189a9e;
$custom-light: #72b8ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62485,
    "c": 0.10201,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25774
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189A9E

secondary

#C6504C

accent

#3D38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189A9E

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

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