#18A196#18A196

#18A196 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.108 H 186.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A196
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 0%, 6.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.78, -36.24, -4.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.78, 36.46, 186.33°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.1074 -0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.108 186.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.6239, 27.8835, 33.2487)
Luminance	0.2789 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A196 #A11823

analogous

#18A152 #18A196 #1868A1

triadic

#18A196 #9618A1 #A19618

tetradic

#18A196 #5218A1 #A11823 #68A118

square

#18A196 #5218A1 #A11823 #68A118

split-complementary

#18A196 #A11868 #A15218

monochromatic

#083633 #106C64 #18A196 #20D6C8 #4FE5D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#18A196 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.58

#18A196 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A196

6.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A196	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A196	1.00	3.19	6.58	6.58
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878B97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a196;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.108 186.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bdb4',
    500: '#18a196',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a196;
$custom-light: #72bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a196",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.182,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64002,
    "c": 0.10806,
    "h": 186.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A196

secondary

#C74E58

accent

#3746F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A196

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

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