#18A08C#18A08C

#18A08C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.111 H 179.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A08C
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 140)
HSL	hsl(171, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 12.5%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.18, -38.66, 0.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.18, 38.66, 178.88°)
OKLab	oklab(63.42% -0.1112 0.0014)
OKLCH	oklch(63.42% 0.111 179.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.6787, 27.2270, 29.1294)
Luminance	0.2723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A08C #A0182C

analogous

#18A048 #18A08C #1870A0

triadic

#18A08C #8C18A0 #A08C18

tetradic

#18A08C #4818A0 #A0182C #70A018

square

#18A08C #4818A0 #A0182C #70A018

split-complementary

#18A08C #A01870 #A04818

monochromatic

#08362F #106B5D #18A08C #20D5BB #4EE4CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#18A08C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#18A08C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A08C

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A08C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A08C	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#88898E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a08c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.111 179.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdad',
    500: '#18a08c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a08c;
$custom-light: #71bdad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a08c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.176,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63419,
    "c": 0.11125,
    "h": 179.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A08C

secondary

#C64D5F

accent

#3752F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A08C

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

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