#189E9B#189E9B

#189E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E9B
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.99, -33.36, -8.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.99, 34.31, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.4% -0.1022 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.4% 0.105 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5171, 27.0121, 35.2419)
Luminance	0.2701 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E9B #9E181B

analogous

#189E58 #189E9B #185E9E

triadic

#189E9B #9B189E #9E9B18

tetradic

#189E9B #58189E #9E181B #5E9E18

square

#189E9B #58189E #9E181B #5E9E18

split-complementary

#189E9B #9E185E #9E5818

monochromatic

#083433 #106967 #189E9B #20D3CF #4DE4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#189E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#189E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E9B

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E9B	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb8',
    500: '#189e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e9b;
$custom-light: #72bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.657,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63402,
    "c": 0.1046,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27014
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E9B

secondary

#C64C4F

accent

#383CF0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E9B

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

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