#18B497#18B497

#18B497 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.126 H 175.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B497
RGB	rgb(24, 180, 151)
HSL	hsl(169, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(169, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 16.1%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -44.30, 4.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 44.50, 174.57°)
OKLab	oklab(68.94% -0.1255 0.0105)
OKLCH	oklch(68.94% 0.126 175.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.2809, 35.0682, 34.8667)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B497 #B41835

analogous

#18B449 #18B497 #1883B4

triadic

#18B497 #9718B4 #B49718

tetradic

#18B497 #4918B4 #B41835 #83B418

square

#18B497 #4918B4 #B41835 #83B418

split-complementary

#18B497 #B41883 #B44918

monochromatic

#0A483C #117E6A #18B497 #27E2BF #5DE9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#18B497 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#18B497 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B497

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B497	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B497	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)

#ADA896

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9B9A99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B6AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b497;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 180, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.126 175.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb5',
    500: '#18b497',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b497;
$custom-light: #76cbb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b497",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.846,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68936,
    "c": 0.1259,
    "h": 175.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B497

secondary

#CD5B70

accent

#3558F3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B497

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

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