#197E8A#197E8A

#197E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.087 H 207.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197E8A
RGB	rgb(25, 126, 138)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 8.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.21, -22.86, -14.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.21, 27.03, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(54.47% -0.0777 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(54.47% 0.087 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.4472, 16.9618, 26.6578)
Luminance	0.1696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197E8A #8A2519

analogous

#198A5E #197E8A #19458A

triadic

#197E8A #8A197E #7E8A19

tetradic

#197E8A #5E198A #8A2519 #458A19

square

#197E8A #5E198A #8A2519 #458A19

split-complementary

#197E8A #8A1945 #8A5E19

monochromatic

#061F22 #104F56 #197E8A #22ADBE #41CCDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.78

#197E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.39

#197E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197E8A

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197E8A	1.00	4.78	4.39	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.39	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.78	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#727272

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 126, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.087 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ac',
    500: '#197e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197e8a;
$custom-light: #6ca3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.372,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54469,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197E8A

secondary

#BD4F42

accent

#4E3CEC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #197E8A

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

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