#189D9B#189D9B

#189D9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.104 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189D9B
RGB	rgb(24, 157, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.67, -32.89, -8.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.67, 33.97, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1012 -0.0237)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.104 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3473, 26.6723, 35.1853)
Luminance	0.2667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189D9B #9D181A

analogous

#189D59 #189D9B #185C9D

triadic

#189D9B #9B189D #9D9B18

tetradic

#189D9B #59189D #9D181A #5C9D18

square

#189D9B #59189D #9D181A #5C9D18

split-complementary

#189D9B #9D185C #9D5918

monochromatic

#083332 #106867 #189D9B #20D2CF #4CE4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#189D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#189D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189D9B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189D9B	1.00	3.31	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 157, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.104 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bab8',
    500: '#189d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189d9b;
$custom-light: #72bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63145,
    "c": 0.10393,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189D9B

secondary

#C54B4D

accent

#383AF0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189D9B

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

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