#18A08B#18A08B

#18A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.112 H 178.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A08B
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, -38.93, 1.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 38.96, 178.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1117 0.0028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.112 178.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6053, 27.1976, 28.7429)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A08B #A0182D

analogous

#18A047 #18A08B #1871A0

triadic

#18A08B #8B18A0 #A08B18

tetradic

#18A08B #4718A0 #A0182D #71A018

square

#18A08B #4718A0 #A0182D #71A018

split-complementary

#18A08B #A01871 #A04718

monochromatic

#08362F #106B5D #18A08B #20D5B9 #4EE4CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#18A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#18A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A08B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A08B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.112 178.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdac',
    500: '#18a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a08b;
$custom-light: #71bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.735,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63388,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 178.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A08B

secondary

#C64D60

accent

#3754F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A08B

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

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