#18A1B4#18A1B4

#18A1B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.290; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.109 H 210.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A1B4
RGB	rgb(24, 161, 180)
HSL	hsl(187, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.76, -26.90, -19.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.76, 33.21, 215.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.12% -0.094 -0.0544)
OKLCH	oklch(65.12% 0.109 210)
XYZ	xyz(21.3561, 28.9764, 47.6386)
Luminance	0.2898 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A1B4 #B42B18

analogous

#18B479 #18A1B4 #1853B4

triadic

#18A1B4 #B418A1 #A1B418

tetradic

#18A1B4 #7918B4 #B42B18 #53B418

square

#18A1B4 #7918B4 #B42B18 #53B418

split-complementary

#18A1B4 #B41853 #B47918

monochromatic

#0A4048 #11717E #18A1B4 #27CBE2 #5DD8E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.09

#18A1B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.80

#18A1B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #18A1B4

6.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A1B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A1B4	1.00	3.09	6.80	6.80
#FFFFFF	3.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#919BB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8CB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A9A7

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a1b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 161, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.109 210.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bdca',
    500: '#18a1b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a1b4;
$custom-light: #76bdca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a1b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.308,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65121,
    "c": 0.10861,
    "h": 210
  },
  "luminance": 0.28979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A1B4

secondary

#CD695B

accent

#4C35F3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A1B4

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

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