#18BBC9#18BBC9

#18BBC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.120 H 204.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#18BBC9
RGBrgb(24, 187, 201)
HSLhsl(185, 79%, 44%)
HSVhsv(185, 88%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(88.1%, 7%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.43, -32.86, -17.98)
CIE-LCHlch(69.43, 37.46, 208.68°)
OKLaboklab(72.39% -0.1094 -0.0501)
OKLCHoklch(72.39% 0.12 204.6)
XYZxyz(28.6848, 39.9481, 61.4459)
Luminance0.3995 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#18BBC9 #C92618
analogous
#18C97F #18BBC9 #1863C9
triadic
#18BBC9 #C918BB #BBC918
tetradic
#18BBC9 #7F18C9 #C92618 #63C918
square
#18BBC9 #7F18C9 #C92618 #63C918
split-complementary
#18BBC9 #C91863 #C97F18
monochromatic
#0B555C #118892 #18BBC9 #37D9E7 #6EE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34
#18BBC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.99
#18BBC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18BBC9
8.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##18BBC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##18BBC91.002.348.998.99
#FFFFFF2.341.0021.0021.00
#0000008.9921.001.001.00
##0000008.9921.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ABB3CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#94A3C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C3BF
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #18bbc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 187, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.120 204.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd0d9',
    500: '#18bbc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #18bbc9;
$custom-light: #7cd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#18bbc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 187,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.746,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72385,
    "c": 0.12032,
    "h": 204.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39952
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#18BBC9
secondary
#D47269
accent
#4233F5
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

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#18BBC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva