#109A9D#109A9D

#109A9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.257; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#109A9D
RGB	rgb(16, 154, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 82%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 90%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.8%, 1.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.71, -31.36, -11.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.71, 33.26, 199.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.36% -0.099 -0.0309)
OKLCH	oklch(62.36% 0.104 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8522, 25.6533, 35.9024)
Luminance	0.2566 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#109A9D #9D1310

analogous

#109D5A #109A9D #10549D

triadic

#109A9D #9D109A #9A9D10

tetradic

#109A9D #5A109D #9D1310 #549D10

square

#109A9D #5A109D #9D1310 #549D10

split-complementary

#109A9D #9D1054 #9D5A10

monochromatic

#052D2E #0A6465 #109A9D #16D0D5 #3CE7EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#109A9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.13

#109A9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #109A9D

6.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##109A9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##109A9D	1.00	3.43	6.13	6.13
#FFFFFF	3.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #109a9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(16, 154, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b8b9',
    500: '#109a9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #109a9d;
$custom-light: #71b8b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#109a9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 16,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.277,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62359,
    "c": 0.10369,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#109A9D

secondary

#CA413E

accent

#3430F8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #109A9D

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

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