#189E9D#189E9D

#189E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E9D
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.05, -32.75, -9.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.05, 33.98, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.1013 -0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.104 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.6865, 27.0798, 36.1338)
Luminance	0.2708 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E9D #9E1819

analogous

#189E5A #189E9D #185C9E

triadic

#189E9D #9D189E #9E9D18

tetradic

#189E9D #5A189E #9E1819 #5C9E18

square

#189E9D #5A189E #9E1819 #5C9E18

split-complementary

#189E9D #9E185C #9E5A18

monochromatic

#083433 #106968 #189E9D #20D3D2 #4DE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#189E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#189E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E9D

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E9D	1.00	3.27	6.42	6.42
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.42	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb9',
    500: '#189e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e9d;
$custom-light: #73bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.552,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63473,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E9D

secondary

#C64C4D

accent

#3839F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E9D

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

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