#18B496#18B496

#18B496 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 174.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B496
RGB	rgb(24, 180, 150)
HSL	hsl(168, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(168, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 16.7%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -44.56, 4.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 44.81, 173.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.1259 0.0118)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.126 174.6)
XYZ	xyz(22.2000, 35.0358, 34.4408)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B496 #B41836

analogous

#18B448 #18B496 #1884B4

triadic

#18B496 #9618B4 #B49618

tetradic

#18B496 #4818B4 #B41836 #84B418

square

#18B496 #4818B4 #B41836 #84B418

split-complementary

#18B496 #B41884 #B44818

monochromatic

#0A483C #117E69 #18B496 #27E2BE #5DE9CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#18B496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#18B496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B496

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B496	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA895

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 180, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 174.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb4',
    500: '#18b496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b496;
$custom-light: #76cbb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.462,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68907,
    "c": 0.12649,
    "h": 174.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B496

secondary

#CD5B71

accent

#3559F3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B496

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

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