#18B495#18B495

#18B495 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.127 H 174.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B495
RGB	rgb(24, 180, 149)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 17.2%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -44.83, 5.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 45.13, 173.33°)
OKLab	oklab(68.88% -0.1264 0.0132)
OKLCH	oklch(68.88% 0.127 174.1)
XYZ	xyz(22.1198, 35.0038, 34.0185)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B495 #B41837

analogous

#18B447 #18B495 #1885B4

triadic

#18B495 #9518B4 #B49518

tetradic

#18B495 #4718B4 #B41837 #85B418

square

#18B495 #4718B4 #B41837 #85B418

split-complementary

#18B495 #B41885 #B44718

monochromatic

#0A483C #117E68 #18B495 #27E2BD #5DE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#18B495 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#18B495 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B495

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B495	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B495	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA894

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b495;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 180, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.127 174.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb4',
    500: '#18b495',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b495;
$custom-light: #76cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b495",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.077,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68878,
    "c": 0.1271,
    "h": 174.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35007
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B495

secondary

#CD5B71

accent

#355BF3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B495

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

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