#18B499#18B499

#18B499 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 176.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B499
RGB	rgb(24, 180, 153)
HSL	hsl(170, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(170, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 15%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -43.76, 3.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 43.88, 175.85°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.1245 0.0077)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.125 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(22.4447, 35.1337, 35.7293)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B499 #B41833

analogous

#18B44B #18B499 #1881B4

triadic

#18B499 #9918B4 #B49918

tetradic

#18B499 #4B18B4 #B41833 #81B418

square

#18B499 #4B18B4 #B41833 #81B418

split-complementary

#18B499 #B41881 #B44B18

monochromatic

#0A483D #117E6B #18B499 #27E2C2 #5DE9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#18B499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#18B499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B499

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B499	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9A9A9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 180, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb7',
    500: '#18b499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b499;
$custom-light: #76cbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.615,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68994,
    "c": 0.12475,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B499

secondary

#CD5B6E

accent

#3556F3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B499

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

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