#189EA0#189EA0

#189EA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189EA0
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 160)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 1.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.14, -31.82, -10.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.14, 33.55, 198.48°)
OKLab	oklab(63.58% -0.0999 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(63.58% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.9457, 27.1835, 37.4993)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189EA0 #A01A18

analogous

#18A05E #189EA0 #185AA0

triadic

#189EA0 #A0189E #9EA018

tetradic

#189EA0 #5E18A0 #A01A18 #5AA018

square

#189EA0 #5E18A0 #A01A18 #5AA018

split-complementary

#189EA0 #A0185A #A05E18

monochromatic

#083536 #10696B #189EA0 #20D3D5 #4EE2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#189EA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#189EA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189EA0

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189EA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189EA0	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9296A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189ea0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbc',
    500: '#189ea0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189ea0;
$custom-light: #73bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189ea0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63583,
    "c": 0.10417,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189EA0

secondary

#C64F4D

accent

#3A37F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #189EA0

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

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