#18A189#18A189

#18A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 176.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A189
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, -39.92, 2.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 40.02, 175.99°)
OKLab	oklab(63.59% -0.1137 0.0068)
OKLCH	oklch(63.59% 0.114 176.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6346, 27.4878, 28.0383)
Luminance	0.2749 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A189 #A11830

analogous

#18A145 #18A189 #1875A1

triadic

#18A189 #8918A1 #A18918

tetradic

#18A189 #4518A1 #A11830 #75A118

square

#18A189 #4518A1 #A11830 #75A118

split-complementary

#18A189 #A11875 #A14518

monochromatic

#08362E #106C5C #18A189 #20D6B6 #4FE5CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#18A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#18A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A189

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A189	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 176.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bdab',
    500: '#18a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a189;
$custom-light: #71bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.489,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63588,
    "c": 0.11388,
    "h": 176.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A189

secondary

#C74E63

accent

#3758F1

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A189

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

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