#18C3C9#18C3C9

#18C3C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.434; OKLCH L 74.3% C 0.123 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18C3C9
RGB	rgb(24, 195, 201)
HSL	hsl(182, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(182, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.85, -36.62, -14.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.85, 39.32, 201.37°)
OKLab	oklab(74.35% -0.1168 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(74.35% 0.123 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.4295, 43.4374, 62.0275)
Luminance	0.4344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18C3C9 #C91E18

analogous

#18C977 #18C3C9 #186BC9

triadic

#18C3C9 #C918C3 #C3C918

tetradic

#18C3C9 #7718C9 #C91E18 #6BC918

square

#18C3C9 #7718C9 #C91E18 #6BC918

split-complementary

#18C3C9 #C9186B #C97718

monochromatic

#0B595C #118E92 #18C3C9 #37E1E7 #6EE9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.17

#18C3C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.69

#18C3C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #18C3C9

9.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18C3C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##18C3C9	1.00	2.17	9.69	9.69
#FFFFFF	2.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4BACA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#9EA9CA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00CAC4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B0B0B0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18c3c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 195, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.3% 0.123 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7dd5d9',
    500: '#18c3c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18c3c9;
$custom-light: #7dd5d9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18c3c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 195,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74348,
    "c": 0.1234,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.43441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18C3C9

secondary

#D46D69

accent

#3933F5

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FAFA

border

#CBD3D3

text

#0C1414

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #18C3C9

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

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