#18ABB4#18ABB4

#18ABB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.111 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18ABB4
RGB	rgb(24, 171, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 5%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.85, -31.80, -14.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.85, 35.08, 204.97°)
OKLab	oklab(67.62% -0.1035 -0.0412)
OKLCH	oklch(67.62% 0.111 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(23.1740, 32.6123, 48.2446)
Luminance	0.3261 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18ABB4 #B42118

analogous

#18B46F #18ABB4 #185DB4

triadic

#18ABB4 #B418AB #ABB418

tetradic

#18ABB4 #6F18B4 #B42118 #5DB418

square

#18ABB4 #6F18B4 #B42118 #5DB418

split-complementary

#18ABB4 #B4185D #B46F18

monochromatic

#0A4448 #11787E #18ABB4 #27D7E2 #5DE1E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#18ABB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#18ABB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18ABB4

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18ABB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18ABB4	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA3B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8994B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B2AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18abb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 171, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.111 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c4ca',
    500: '#18abb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18abb4;
$custom-light: #77c4ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18abb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6762,
    "c": 0.11138,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32615
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18ABB4

secondary

#CD615B

accent

#4035F3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #18ABB4

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

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