#189CAB#189CAB

#189CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189CAB
RGB	rgb(24, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -27.34, -17.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.33, 212.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0931 -0.0481)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.105 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.6126, 26.9089, 42.6804)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189CAB #AB2718

analogous

#18AB70 #189CAB #1853AB

triadic

#189CAB #AB189C #9CAB18

tetradic

#189CAB #7018AB #AB2718 #53AB18

square

#189CAB #7018AB #AB2718 #53AB18

split-complementary

#189CAB #AB1853 #AB7018

monochromatic

#093A40 #106B75 #189CAB #20CCE0 #56D8E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#189CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#189CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189CAB

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189CAB	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9c4',
    500: '#189cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189cab;
$custom-light: #74b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.122,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.635,
    "c": 0.10478,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26911
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189CAB

secondary

#CA6155

accent

#4936F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #189CAB

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

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