#18A081#18A081

#18A081 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.118 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A081
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 129)
HSL	hsl(166, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 19.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.90, -41.64, 6.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.90, 42.15, 171.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.09% -0.1166 0.0167)
OKLCH	oklch(63.09% 0.118 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.9078, 26.9186, 25.0693)
Luminance	0.2692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A081 #A01837

analogous

#18A03D #18A081 #187BA0

triadic

#18A081 #8118A0 #A08118

tetradic

#18A081 #3D18A0 #A01837 #7BA018

square

#18A081 #3D18A0 #A01837 #7BA018

split-complementary

#18A081 #A0187B #A03D18

monochromatic

#08362B #106B56 #18A081 #20D5AC #4EE4C2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#18A081 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#18A081 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A081

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A081	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A081	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)

#9B957F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8983

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a081;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.118 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda5',
    500: '#18a081',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a081;
$custom-light: #71bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a081",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.324,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63091,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26921
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A081

secondary

#C64D69

accent

#3761F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A081

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

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