#189B9E#189B9E

#189B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189B9E
RGB	rgb(24, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.13, -31.00, -11.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.13, 32.90, 199.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.74% -0.0979 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(62.74% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2667, 26.1031, 36.4168)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189B9E #9E1B18

analogous

#189E5E #189B9E #18589E

triadic

#189B9E #9E189B #9B9E18

tetradic

#189B9E #5E189E #9E1B18 #589E18

square

#189B9E #5E189E #9E1B18 #589E18

split-complementary

#189B9E #9E1858 #9E5E18

monochromatic

#083334 #106769 #189B9E #20CFD3 #4DE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#189B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#189B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189B9E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189B9E	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#189b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189b9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62741,
    "c": 0.10254,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189B9E

secondary

#C64F4C

accent

#3C38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189B9E

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

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