#18ACB4#18ACB4

#18ACB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.112 H 200.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18ACB4
RGB	rgb(24, 172, 180)
HSL	hsl(183, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(183, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -32.28, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 35.32, 203.96°)
OKLab	oklab(67.87% -0.1044 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(67.87% 0.112 200.9)
XYZ	xyz(23.3636, 32.9915, 48.3078)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18ACB4 #B42018

analogous

#18B46E #18ACB4 #185EB4

triadic

#18ACB4 #B418AC #ACB418

tetradic

#18ACB4 #6E18B4 #B42018 #5EB418

square

#18ACB4 #6E18B4 #B42018 #5EB418

split-complementary

#18ACB4 #B4185E #B46E18

monochromatic

#0A4548 #11787E #18ACB4 #27D9E2 #5DE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#18ACB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#18ACB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18ACB4

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18ACB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18ACB4	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9EA4B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A95B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B3AE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18acb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 172, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.112 200.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77c5ca',
    500: '#18acb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18acb4;
$custom-light: #77c5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18acb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.077,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6787,
    "c": 0.1118,
    "h": 200.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32995
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18ACB4

secondary

#CD605B

accent

#3F35F3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #18ACB4

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

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