#189E9E#189E9E

#189E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.42:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E9E
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.08, -32.44, -9.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.08, 33.83, 196.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.1008 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.104 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.7722, 27.1141, 36.5853)
Luminance	0.2712 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E9E #9E1818

analogous

#189E5B #189E9E #185B9E

triadic

#189E9E #9E189E #9E9E18

tetradic

#189E9E #5B189E #9E1818 #5B9E18

square

#189E9E #5B189E #9E1818 #5B9E18

split-complementary

#189E9E #9E185B #9E5B18

monochromatic

#083434 #106969 #189E9E #20D3D3 #4DE4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#189E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.42

#189E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E9E

6.42:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E9E	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)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbba',
    500: '#189e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e9e;
$custom-light: #73bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6351,
    "c": 0.10427,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E9E

secondary

#C64C4C

accent

#3838F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E9E

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

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