#189F9E#189F9E

#189F9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.105 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189F9E
RGB	rgb(24, 159, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 0%, 0.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.39, -32.91, -9.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.39, 34.15, 195.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.77% -0.1018 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(63.77% 0.105 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.9435, 27.4566, 36.6424)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189F9E #9F1819

analogous

#189F5B #189F9E #185C9F

triadic

#189F9E #9E189F #9F9E18

tetradic

#189F9E #5B189F #9F1819 #5C9F18

square

#189F9E #5B189F #9F1819 #5C9F18

split-complementary

#189F9E #9F185C #9F5B18

monochromatic

#083534 #106A69 #189F9E #20D4D3 #4DE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#189F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#189F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189F9E

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189F9E	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 159, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.105 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcba',
    500: '#189f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189f9e;
$custom-light: #73bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.556,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63766,
    "c": 0.1049,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27459
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189F9E

secondary

#C64D4E

accent

#3739F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #189F9E

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

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