#189A9F#189A9F

#189A9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.258; OKLCH L 62.5% C 0.102 H 199.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189A9F
RGB	rgb(24, 154, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 3.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.85, -30.21, -12.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.85, 32.50, 201.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.52% -0.0964 -0.0334)
OKLCH	oklch(62.52% 0.102 199.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.1874, 25.8063, 36.8167)
Luminance	0.2581 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189A9F #9F1D18

analogous

#189F60 #189A9F #18569F

triadic

#189A9F #9F189A #9A9F18

tetradic

#189A9F #60189F #9F1D18 #569F18

square

#189A9F #60189F #9F1D18 #569F18

split-complementary

#189A9F #9F1856 #9F6018

monochromatic

#083335 #10666A #189A9F #20CED4 #4DDFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.41

#189A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.16

#189A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189A9F

6.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189A9F	1.00	3.41	6.16	6.16
#FFFFFF	3.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E92A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C85A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 154, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.5% 0.102 199.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b8bb',
    500: '#189a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189a9f;
$custom-light: #72b8bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.222,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62523,
    "c": 0.10205,
    "h": 199.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.25809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189A9F

secondary

#C6514D

accent

#3E37F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189A9F

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

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