#197D8E#197D8E

#197D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.168; OKLCH L 54.4% C 0.089 H 212.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197D8E
RGB	rgb(25, 125, 142)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 12%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.04, -20.98, -17.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.04, 27.02, 219.05°)
OKLab	oklab(54.38% -0.0749 -0.0475)
OKLCH	oklch(54.38% 0.089 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.6149, 16.8253, 28.1687)
Luminance	0.1683 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197D8E #8E2A19

analogous

#198E64 #197D8E #19428E

triadic

#197D8E #8E197D #7D8E19

tetradic

#197D8E #64198E #8E2A19 #428E19

square

#197D8E #64198E #8E2A19 #428E19

split-complementary

#197D8E #8E1942 #8E6419

monochromatic

#072126 #104F5A #197D8E #22ABC2 #43C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.81

#197D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.37

#197D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197D8E

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197D8E	1.00	4.81	4.37	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70788F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616D8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 125, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.4% 0.089 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3af',
    500: '#197d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197d8e;
$custom-light: #6ca3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 125,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.718,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54379,
    "c": 0.0887,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197D8E

secondary

#BF5644

accent

#553BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF3F4

border

#C8CDCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #197D8E

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

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