#189D9E#189D9E

#189D9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189D9E
RGB	rgb(24, 157, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.76, -31.96, -10.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.76, 33.51, 197.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.0998 -0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.6023, 26.7744, 36.5286)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189D9E #9E1918

analogous

#189E5C #189D9E #185A9E

triadic

#189D9E #9E189D #9D9E18

tetradic

#189D9E #5C189E #9E1918 #5A9E18

square

#189D9E #5C189E #9E1918 #5A9E18

split-complementary

#189D9E #9E185A #9E5C18

monochromatic

#083334 #106869 #189D9E #20D2D3 #4DE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#189D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#189D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189D9E

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189D9E	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 157, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73baba',
    500: '#189d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189d9e;
$custom-light: #73baba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.448,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63254,
    "c": 0.10368,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189D9E

secondary

#C64D4C

accent

#3938F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189D9E

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

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