#18A080#18A080

#18A080 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 171.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A080
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 128)
HSL	hsl(166, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 20%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -41.90, 7.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 42.49, 170.41°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.1171 0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.118 171.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8416, 26.8922, 24.7210)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A080 #A01838

analogous

#18A03C #18A080 #187CA0

triadic

#18A080 #8018A0 #A08018

tetradic

#18A080 #3C18A0 #A01838 #7CA018

square

#18A080 #3C18A0 #A01838 #7CA018

split-complementary

#18A080 #A0187C #A03C18

monochromatic

#08362B #106B55 #18A080 #20D5AB #4EE4C1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#18A080 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#18A080 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A080

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A080	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A080	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B957E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8982

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A197

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a080;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 171.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda4',
    500: '#18a080',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a080;
$custom-light: #71bda4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a080",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.882,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63063,
    "c": 0.11847,
    "h": 171.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26894
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A080

secondary

#C64D6A

accent

#3763F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A080

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

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