#109B9D#109B9D

#109B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 62.6% C 0.104 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#109B9D
RGB	rgb(16, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 82%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(181, 90%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.02, -31.84, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.02, 33.56, 198.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.62% -0.0999 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(62.62% 0.104 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.0180, 25.9848, 35.9577)
Luminance	0.2599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#109B9D #9D1210

analogous

#109D59 #109B9D #10559D

triadic

#109B9D #9D109B #9B9D10

tetradic

#109B9D #59109D #9D1210 #559D10

square

#109B9D #59109D #9D1210 #559D10

split-complementary

#109B9D #9D1055 #9D5910

monochromatic

#052D2E #0A6465 #109B9D #16D2D5 #3CE9EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#109B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#109B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #109B9D

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##109B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##109B9D	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #109b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(16, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.6% 0.104 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b9b9',
    500: '#109b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #109b9d;
$custom-light: #71b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#109b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 16,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.851,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62616,
    "c": 0.10423,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#109B9D

secondary

#CA403E

accent

#3330F8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #109B9D

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

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