#18A186#18A186

#18A186 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.116 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A186
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 134)
HSL	hsl(168, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(168, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 0%, 16.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.35, -40.74, 4.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.35, 40.97, 173.87°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.1151 0.011)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.116 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.4223, 27.4029, 26.9207)
Luminance	0.2741 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A186 #A11833

analogous

#18A142 #18A186 #1878A1

triadic

#18A186 #8618A1 #A18618

tetradic

#18A186 #4218A1 #A11833 #78A118

square

#18A186 #4218A1 #A11833 #78A118

split-complementary

#18A186 #A11878 #A14218

monochromatic

#08362D #106C5A #18A186 #20D6B2 #4FE5C7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#18A186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#18A186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A186

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A186	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.116 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bda9',
    500: '#18a186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a186;
$custom-light: #71bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.175,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63499,
    "c": 0.11566,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A186

secondary

#C74E66

accent

#375CF1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF7F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A186

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

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