#18A198#18A198

#18A198 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 64.1% C 0.107 H 187.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A198
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 152)
HSL	hsl(176, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 85%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 0%, 5.6%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.84, -35.65, -5.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.84, 36.01, 188.08°)
OKLab	oklab(64.07% -0.1065 -0.0143)
OKLCH	oklch(64.07% 0.107 187.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7863, 27.9485, 34.1041)
Luminance	0.2795 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A198 #A11821

analogous

#18A154 #18A198 #1866A1

triadic

#18A198 #9818A1 #A19818

tetradic

#18A198 #5418A1 #A11821 #66A118

square

#18A198 #5418A1 #A11821 #66A118

split-complementary

#18A198 #A11866 #A15418

monochromatic

#083633 #106C66 #18A198 #20D6CA #4FE5DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#18A198 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#18A198 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A198

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A198	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A198	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a198;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.1% 0.107 187.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdb6',
    500: '#18a198',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a198;
$custom-light: #73bdb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a198",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.058,
    "s": 74.054,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6407,
    "c": 0.10747,
    "h": 187.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27951
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A198

secondary

#C74E56

accent

#3743F1

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A198

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

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