#189FAB#189FAB

#189FAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.3% C 0.106 H 204.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#189FAB
RGB	rgb(24, 159, 171)
HSL	hsl(185, 75%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 86%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 7%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.82, -28.83, -15.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.82, 32.89, 208.78°)
OKLab	oklab(64.26% -0.096 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(64.26% 0.106 204.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.1222, 27.9281, 42.8503)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#189FAB #AB2418

analogous

#18AB6D #189FAB #1855AB

triadic

#189FAB #AB189F #9FAB18

tetradic

#189FAB #6D18AB #AB2418 #55AB18

square

#189FAB #6D18AB #AB2418 #55AB18

split-complementary

#189FAB #AB1855 #AB6D18

monochromatic

#093B40 #106D75 #189FAB #20D0E0 #56DBE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#189FAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#189FAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #189FAB

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##189FAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##189FAB	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9198AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8AAB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #189fab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 159, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.3% 0.106 204.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcc4',
    500: '#189fab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #189fab;
$custom-light: #75bcc4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#189fab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.898,
    "s": 75.385,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64257,
    "c": 0.10561,
    "h": 204.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27931
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#189FAB

secondary

#CA5E55

accent

#4536F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #189FAB

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

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