#109C9D#109C9D

#109C9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.105 H 195.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#109C9D
RGB	rgb(16, 156, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 82%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(180, 90%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(89.8%, 0.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.34, -32.31, -10.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.34, 33.87, 197.43°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1009 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.105 195.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.1851, 26.3190, 36.0134)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#109C9D #9D1110

analogous

#109D58 #109C9D #10559D

triadic

#109C9D #9D109C #9C9D10

tetradic

#109C9D #58109D #9D1110 #559D10

square

#109C9D #58109D #9D1110 #559D10

split-complementary

#109C9D #9D1055 #9D5810

monochromatic

#052E2E #0A6565 #109C9D #16D3D5 #3CEAEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#109C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#109C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #109C9D

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##109C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##109C9D	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #109c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(16, 156, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.105 195.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bab9',
    500: '#109c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #109c9d;
$custom-light: #71bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#109c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 16,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.426,
    "s": 81.503,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62873,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 195.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#109C9D

secondary

#CA3F3E

accent

#3130F8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #109C9D

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

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