#18BCC9#18BCC9

#18BCC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.404; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.121 H 203.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#18BCC9
RGBrgb(24, 188, 201)
HSLhsl(184, 79%, 44%)
HSVhsv(184, 88%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(88.1%, 6.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(69.73, -33.34, -17.52)
CIE-LCHlch(69.73, 37.66, 207.72°)
OKLaboklab(72.63% -0.1103 -0.0488)
OKLCHoklch(72.63% 0.121 203.9)
XYZxyz(28.8977, 40.3739, 61.5169)
Luminance0.4038 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#18BCC9 #C92518
analogous
#18C97E #18BCC9 #1864C9
triadic
#18BCC9 #C918BC #BCC918
tetradic
#18BCC9 #7E18C9 #C92518 #64C918
square
#18BCC9 #7E18C9 #C92518 #64C918
split-complementary
#18BCC9 #C91864 #C97E18
monochromatic
#0B565C #118992 #18BCC9 #37DAE7 #6EE4EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31
#18BCC9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.08
#18BCC9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18BCC9
9.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##18BCC9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##18BCC91.002.319.089.08
#FFFFFF2.311.0021.0021.00
#0000009.0821.001.001.00
##0000009.0821.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#ACB4CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#96A3CA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C4C0
Achromatopsia (no color)
#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #18bcc9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 188, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.121 203.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd0d9',
    500: '#18bcc9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #18bcc9;
$custom-light: #7cd0d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#18bcc9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 188,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.407,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7263,
    "c": 0.12064,
    "h": 203.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.40378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#18BCC9
secondary
#D47169
accent
#4133F5
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1414
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #18BCC9

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#18BCC9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva