#189CB4#189CB4

#189CB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.108 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189CB4
RGB	rgb(24, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.22, -24.36, -21.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.22, 32.72, 221.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.0893 -0.061)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.108 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4998, 27.2637, 47.3531)
Luminance	0.2727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189CB4 #B43018

analogous

#18B47E #189CB4 #184EB4

triadic

#189CB4 #B4189C #9CB418

tetradic

#189CB4 #7E18B4 #B43018 #4EB418

square

#189CB4 #7E18B4 #B43018 #4EB418

split-complementary

#189CB4 #B4184E #B47E18

monochromatic

#0A3E48 #116D7E #189CB4 #27C5E2 #5DD4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#189CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#189CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189CB4

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189CB4	1.00	3.25	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7788B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.108 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9ca',
    500: '#189cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189cb4;
$custom-light: #75b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.231,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.10819,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189CB4

secondary

#CD6C5B

accent

#5235F3

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #189CB4

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

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