#18BEC9#18BEC9

#18BEC9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.412; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.121 H 202.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18BEC9
RGB	rgb(24, 190, 201)
HSL	hsl(184, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(184, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 5.5%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.34, -34.28, -16.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.34, 38.09, 205.84°)
OKLab	oklab(73.12% -0.1122 -0.0462)
OKLCH	oklch(73.12% 0.121 202.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.3279, 41.2343, 61.6603)
Luminance	0.4124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18BEC9 #C92318

analogous

#18C97C #18BEC9 #1866C9

triadic

#18BEC9 #C918BE #BEC918

tetradic

#18BEC9 #7C18C9 #C92318 #66C918

square

#18BEC9 #7C18C9 #C92318 #66C918

split-complementary

#18BEC9 #C91866 #C97C18

monochromatic

#0B575C #118A92 #18BEC9 #37DCE7 #6EE6EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#18BEC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#18BEC9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18BEC9

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18BEC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18BEC9	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEB5CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#98A5CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C6C1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18bec9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 190, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.121 202.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cd2d9',
    500: '#18bec9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18bec9;
$custom-light: #7cd2d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18bec9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 190,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.729,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73121,
    "c": 0.12133,
    "h": 202.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.41238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18BEC9

secondary

#D47069

accent

#3F33F5

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F9FA

border

#CBD2D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #18BEC9

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

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