#189EAB#189EAB

#189EAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.105 H 205.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189EAB
RGB	rgb(24, 158, 171)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 7.6%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -28.33, -16.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 32.69, 209.92°)
OKLab	oklab(64.01% -0.095 -0.0454)
OKLCH	oklch(64.01% 0.105 205.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.9509, 27.5856, 42.7932)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189EAB #AB2518

analogous

#18AB6E #189EAB #1854AB

triadic

#189EAB #AB189E #9EAB18

tetradic

#189EAB #6E18AB #AB2518 #54AB18

square

#189EAB #6E18AB #AB2518 #54AB18

split-complementary

#189EAB #AB1854 #AB6E18

monochromatic

#093B40 #106C75 #189EAB #20CFE0 #56DAE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#189EAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#189EAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189EAB

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189EAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189EAB	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189eab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 158, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.105 205.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bbc4',
    500: '#189eab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189eab;
$custom-light: #74bbc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189eab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.306,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64005,
    "c": 0.1053,
    "h": 205.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189EAB

secondary

#CA5F55

accent

#4636F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #189EAB

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

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