#189E9C#189E9C

#189E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E9C
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.02, -33.05, -8.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.02, 34.14, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.44% -0.1017 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.44% 0.104 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6015, 27.0458, 35.6860)
Luminance	0.2705 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E9C #9E181A

analogous

#189E59 #189E9C #185D9E

triadic

#189E9C #9C189E #9E9C18

tetradic

#189E9C #59189E #9E181A #5D9E18

square

#189E9C #59189E #9E181A #5D9E18

split-complementary

#189E9C #9E185D #9E5918

monochromatic

#083433 #106968 #189E9C #20D3D0 #4DE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#189E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#189E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E9C

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E9C	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb9',
    500: '#189e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e9c;
$custom-light: #73bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.104,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63437,
    "c": 0.10447,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E9C

secondary

#C64C4E

accent

#383AF0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E9C

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

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