#189E8E#189E8E

#189E8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.108 H 182.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E8E
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 142)
HSL	hsl(173, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0%, 10.1%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -37.20, -1.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 37.22, 181.89°)
OKLab	oklab(62.96% -0.1083 -0.0039)
OKLCH	oklch(62.96% 0.108 182.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4836, 26.5987, 29.7985)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E8E #9E1828

analogous

#189E4B #189E8E #186B9E

triadic

#189E8E #8E189E #9E8E18

tetradic

#189E8E #4B189E #9E1828 #6B9E18

square

#189E8E #4B189E #9E1828 #6B9E18

split-complementary

#189E8E #9E186B #9E4B18

monochromatic

#08342F #10695E #189E8E #20D3BE #4DE4D2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#189E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#189E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E8E

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E8E	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#96948D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85888F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A199

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.108 182.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbaf',
    500: '#189e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e8e;
$custom-light: #71bbaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.836,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6296,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 182.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26601
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E8E

secondary

#C64C5B

accent

#384EF0

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E8E

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

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