#18A08A#18A08A

#18A08A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 177.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A08A
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 138)
HSL	hsl(170, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 13.8%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -39.21, 1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 39.25, 177.36°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1122 0.0042)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.112 177.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5326, 27.1685, 28.3598)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A08A #A0182E

analogous

#18A046 #18A08A #1872A0

triadic

#18A08A #8A18A0 #A08A18

tetradic

#18A08A #4618A0 #A0182E #72A018

square

#18A08A #4618A0 #A0182E #72A018

split-complementary

#18A08A #A01872 #A04618

monochromatic

#08362E #106B5C #18A08A #20D5B8 #4EE4CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#18A08A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#18A08A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A08A

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A08A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A08A	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#999589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a08a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 177.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#18a08a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a08a;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a08a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.294,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.11229,
    "h": 177.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A08A

secondary

#C64D61

accent

#3755F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A08A

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

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