#189D9F#189D9F

#189D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189D9F
RGB	rgb(24, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.80, -31.65, -10.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.80, 33.38, 198.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.29% -0.0994 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(63.29% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.6887, 26.8089, 36.9838)
Luminance	0.2681 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189D9F #9F1A18

analogous

#189F5D #189D9F #18599F

triadic

#189D9F #9F189D #9D9F18

tetradic

#189D9F #5D189F #9F1A18 #599F18

square

#189D9F #5D189F #9F1A18 #599F18

split-complementary

#189D9F #9F1859 #9F5D18

monochromatic

#083435 #10686A #189D9F #20D2D4 #4DE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#189D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#189D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189D9F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189D9F	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)

#91959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73babb',
    500: '#189d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189d9f;
$custom-light: #73babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.889,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6329,
    "c": 0.10364,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26811
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189D9F

secondary

#C64E4D

accent

#3A37F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189D9F

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

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