#189C9E#189C9E

#189C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189C9E
RGB	rgb(24, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -31.48, -10.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 33.20, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63% -0.0988 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63% 0.103 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4338, 26.4374, 36.4725)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189C9E #9E1A18

analogous

#189E5D #189C9E #18599E

triadic

#189C9E #9E189C #9C9E18

tetradic

#189C9E #5D189E #9E1A18 #599E18

square

#189C9E #5D189E #9E1A18 #599E18

split-complementary

#189C9E #9E1859 #9E5D18

monochromatic

#083334 #106869 #189C9E #20D0D3 #4DE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#189C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#189C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189C9E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189C9E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#189c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189c9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62997,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189C9E

secondary

#C64E4C

accent

#3A38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189C9E

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

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