#189DAB#189DAB

#189DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 206.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189DAB
RGB	rgb(24, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -27.84, -16.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 32.50, 211.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.094 -0.0467)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.105 206.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7810, 27.2458, 42.7366)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189DAB #AB2618

analogous

#18AB6F #189DAB #1853AB

triadic

#189DAB #AB189D #9DAB18

tetradic

#189DAB #6F18AB #AB2618 #53AB18

square

#189DAB #6F18AB #AB2618 #53AB18

split-complementary

#189DAB #AB1853 #AB6F18

monochromatic

#093A40 #106C75 #189DAB #20CEE0 #56D9E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#189DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#189DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189DAB

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189DAB	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#8F96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 206.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bac4',
    500: '#189dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189dab;
$custom-light: #74bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.714,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63752,
    "c": 0.10502,
    "h": 206.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189DAB

secondary

#CA6055

accent

#4836F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #189DAB

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

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