#197D8B#197D8B

#197D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.167; OKLCH L 54.3% C 0.087 H 209.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197D8B
RGB	rgb(25, 125, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 10.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.93, -22.00, -15.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.93, 26.88, 215.04°)
OKLab	oklab(54.25% -0.0762 -0.043)
OKLCH	oklch(54.25% 0.088 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.3927, 16.7364, 26.9984)
Luminance	0.1674 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197D8B #8B2719

analogous

#198B60 #197D8B #19448B

triadic

#197D8B #8B197D #7D8B19

tetradic

#197D8B #60198B #8B2719 #448B19

square

#197D8B #60198B #8B2719 #448B19

split-complementary

#197D8B #8B1944 #8B6019

monochromatic

#062023 #104E57 #197D8B #22ACBF #41CADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.83

#197D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.35

#197D8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197D8B

4.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197D8B	1.00	4.83	4.35	4.83
#FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#71788C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626D8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008381

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 125, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.3% 0.087 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ac',
    500: '#197d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197d8b;
$custom-light: #6ca3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.368,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54251,
    "c": 0.0875,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16738
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197D8B

secondary

#BE5142

accent

#513BEC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #197D8B

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

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