#189C9F#189C9F

#189C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189C9F
RGB	rgb(24, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.48, -31.17, -11.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.48, 33.07, 199.53°)
OKLab	oklab(63.04% -0.0984 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(63.04% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5203, 26.4719, 36.9276)
Luminance	0.2647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189C9F #9F1B18

analogous

#189F5E #189C9F #18589F

triadic

#189C9F #9F189C #9C9F18

tetradic

#189C9F #5E189F #9F1B18 #589F18

square

#189C9F #5E189F #9F1B18 #589F18

split-complementary

#189C9F #9F1858 #9F5E18

monochromatic

#083435 #10686A #189C9F #20D0D4 #4DE1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#189C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#189C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189C9F

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189C9F	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)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9bb',
    500: '#189c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189c9f;
$custom-light: #73b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.333,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63035,
    "c": 0.10309,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189C9F

secondary

#C64F4D

accent

#3B37F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #189C9F

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

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