#18B49D#18B49D

#18B49D is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.123 H 178.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18B49D
RGB	rgb(24, 180, 157)
HSL	hsl(171, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(171, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 0%, 12.8%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -42.68, 1.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 42.69, 178.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.11% -0.1226 0.0023)
OKLCH	oklch(69.11% 0.123 178.9)
XYZ	xyz(22.7806, 35.2681, 37.4985)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18B49D #B4182F

analogous

#18B44F #18B49D #187DB4

triadic

#18B49D #9D18B4 #B49D18

tetradic

#18B49D #4F18B4 #B4182F #7DB418

square

#18B49D #4F18B4 #B4182F #7DB418

split-complementary

#18B49D #B4187D #B44F18

monochromatic

#0A483F #117E6E #18B49D #27E2C7 #5DE9D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#18B49D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#18B49D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18B49D

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18B49D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18B49D	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#999B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00B7AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18b49d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 180, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.123 178.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76cbb9',
    500: '#18b49d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18b49d;
$custom-light: #76cbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18b49d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.154,
    "s": 76.471,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69114,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 178.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35271
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18B49D

secondary

#CD5B6B

accent

#3551F3

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF9F6

border

#CAD2D0

text

#0A1311

muted

#7C8280

Preview Lab

Preview with #18B49D

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

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