#18B0B4#18B0B4

#18B0B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.114 H 197.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B0B4
RGB	rgb(24, 176, 180)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 2.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -34.18, -12.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 36.39, 200.07°)
OKLab	oklab(68.87% -0.1082 -0.0348)
OKLCH	oklch(68.87% 0.114 197.8)
XYZ	xyz(24.1364, 34.5370, 48.5654)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B0B4 #B41C18

analogous

#18B46A #18B0B4 #1862B4

triadic

#18B0B4 #B418B0 #B0B418

tetradic

#18B0B4 #6A18B4 #B41C18 #62B418

square

#18B0B4 #6A18B4 #B41C18 #62B418

split-complementary

#18B0B4 #B41862 #B46A18

monochromatic

#0A4648 #117B7E #18B0B4 #27DDE2 #5DE6E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#18B0B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#18B0B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B0B4

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B0B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B0B4	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3A7B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F98B5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7B1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b0b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 176, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.114 197.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c8ca',
    500: '#18b0b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b0b4;
$custom-light: #78c8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b0b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 176,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68872,
    "c": 0.11365,
    "h": 197.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3454
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B0B4

secondary

#CD5E5B

accent

#3A35F3

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1313

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B0B4

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

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