#18A4B4#18A4B4

#18A4B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.109 H 207.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A4B4
RGB	rgb(24, 164, 180)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 8.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.69, -28.39, -18.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.69, 33.66, 212.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.87% -0.0969 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(65.87% 0.109 207.5)
XYZ	xyz(21.8867, 30.0375, 47.8154)
Luminance	0.3004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A4B4 #B42818

analogous

#18B476 #18A4B4 #1856B4

triadic

#18A4B4 #B418A4 #A4B418

tetradic

#18A4B4 #7618B4 #B42818 #56B418

square

#18A4B4 #7618B4 #B42818 #56B418

split-complementary

#18A4B4 #B41856 #B47618

monochromatic

#0A4248 #11737E #18A4B4 #27CFE2 #5DDBE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#18A4B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.01

#18A4B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18A4B4

7.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A4B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A4B4	1.00	3.00	7.01	7.01
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959DB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#818FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00ACA9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a4b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 164, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.109 207.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfca',
    500: '#18a4b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a4b4;
$custom-light: #76bfca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a4b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6587,
    "c": 0.10918,
    "h": 207.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A4B4

secondary

#CD665B

accent

#4835F3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A4B4

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

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