#189EA1#189EA1

#189EA1 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189EA1
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 161)
HSL	hsl(181, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 1.9%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -31.51, -11.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 33.42, 199.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.62% -0.0994 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(63.62% 0.104 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.0336, 27.2187, 37.9619)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189EA1 #A11B18

analogous

#18A160 #189EA1 #185AA1

triadic

#189EA1 #A1189E #9EA118

tetradic

#189EA1 #6018A1 #A11B18 #5AA118

square

#189EA1 #6018A1 #A11B18 #5AA118

split-complementary

#189EA1 #A1185A #A16018

monochromatic

#083536 #106A6C #189EA1 #20D2D6 #4FE1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#189EA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#189EA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189EA1

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189EA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189EA1	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)

#9296A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8089A2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189ea1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbbc',
    500: '#189ea1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189ea1;
$custom-light: #73bbbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189ea1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.314,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6362,
    "c": 0.10416,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189EA1

secondary

#C7514E

accent

#3B37F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #189EA1

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

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