#189B9F#189B9F

#189B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.103 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189B9F
RGB	rgb(24, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.17, -30.69, -11.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.17, 32.78, 200.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.0974 -0.0321)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.103 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3531, 26.1377, 36.8719)
Luminance	0.2614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189B9F #9F1C18

analogous

#189F5F #189B9F #18579F

triadic

#189B9F #9F189B #9B9F18

tetradic

#189B9F #5F189F #9F1C18 #579F18

square

#189B9F #5F189F #9F1C18 #579F18

split-complementary

#189B9F #9F1857 #9F5F18

monochromatic

#083335 #10676A #189B9F #20CFD4 #4DE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#189B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#189B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189B9F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189B9F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.103 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9bb',
    500: '#189b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189b9f;
$custom-light: #72b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.778,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62779,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2614
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189B9F

secondary

#C6504D

accent

#3D37F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189B9F

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

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