#18A09E#18A09E

#18A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A09E
RGB	rgb(24, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, -33.39, -8.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 34.49, 194.53°)
OKLab	oklab(64.02% -0.1027 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(64.02% 0.106 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.1161, 27.8020, 36.6999)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A09E #A0181A

analogous

#18A05A #18A09E #185EA0

triadic

#18A09E #9E18A0 #A09E18

tetradic

#18A09E #5A18A0 #A0181A #5EA018

square

#18A09E #5A18A0 #A0181A #5EA018

split-complementary

#18A09E #A0185E #A05A18

monochromatic

#083635 #106B69 #18A09E #20D5D3 #4EE4E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#18A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#18A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A09E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A09E	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcba',
    500: '#18a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a09e;
$custom-light: #73bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.118,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64022,
    "c": 0.10555,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A09E

secondary

#C64D4F

accent

#373AF1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A09E

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

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