#18A188#18A188

#18A188 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 175.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A188
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 136)
HSL	hsl(169, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 0%, 15.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, -40.20, 3.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 40.33, 175.27°)
OKLab	oklab(63.56% -0.1142 0.0082)
OKLCH	oklch(63.56% 0.114 175.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5632, 27.4592, 27.6623)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A188 #A11831

analogous

#18A144 #18A188 #1876A1

triadic

#18A188 #8818A1 #A18818

tetradic

#18A188 #4418A1 #A11831 #76A118

square

#18A188 #4418A1 #A11831 #76A118

split-complementary

#18A188 #A11876 #A14418

monochromatic

#08362E #106C5B #18A188 #20D6B5 #4FE5C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#18A188 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#18A188 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A188

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A188	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A188	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9687

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a188;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 175.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdaa',
    500: '#18a188',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a188;
$custom-light: #71bdaa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a188",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.051,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63558,
    "c": 0.11446,
    "h": 175.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A188

secondary

#C74E64

accent

#3759F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A188

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

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