#189E9F#189E9F

#189E9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189E9F
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 159)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, -32.13, -10.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 33.68, 197.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.1003 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.8586, 27.1487, 37.0404)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189E9F #9F1918

analogous

#189F5C #189E9F #185B9F

triadic

#189E9F #9F189E #9E9F18

tetradic

#189E9F #5C189F #9F1918 #5B9F18

square

#189E9F #5C189F #9F1918 #5B9F18

split-complementary

#189E9F #9F185B #9F5C18

monochromatic

#083435 #10696A #189E9F #20D3D4 #4DE3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#189E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#189E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189E9F

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189E9F	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8189A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbb',
    500: '#189e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189e9f;
$custom-light: #73bbbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.444,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63546,
    "c": 0.10421,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189E9F

secondary

#C64E4D

accent

#3937F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189E9F

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

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