#18A6B4#18A6B4

#18A6B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.110 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18A6B4
RGB	rgb(24, 166, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(185, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 7.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.30, -29.37, -17.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.30, 34.01, 210.26°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0987 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.11 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(22.2474, 30.7590, 47.9357)
Luminance	0.3076 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18A6B4 #B42618

analogous

#18B474 #18A6B4 #1858B4

triadic

#18A6B4 #B418A6 #A6B418

tetradic

#18A6B4 #7418B4 #B42618 #58B418

square

#18A6B4 #7418B4 #B42618 #58B418

split-complementary

#18A6B4 #B41858 #B47418

monochromatic

#0A4248 #11747E #18A6B4 #27D1E2 #5DDDE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.94

#18A6B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.15

#18A6B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18A6B4

7.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18A6B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18A6B4	1.00	2.94	7.15	7.15
#FFFFFF	2.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979FB5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8390B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AEAA

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18a6b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 166, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.110 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c1ca',
    500: '#18a6b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18a6b4;
$custom-light: #77c1ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18a6b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.385,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6637,
    "c": 0.10969,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30762
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18A6B4

secondary

#CD655B

accent

#4635F3

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF7F8

border

#CAD0D1

text

#0A1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #18A6B4

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

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