#197E8B#197E8B

#197E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.170; OKLCH L 54.5% C 0.088 H 208.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197E8B
RGB	rgb(25, 126, 139)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 9.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.25, -22.53, -14.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.25, 27.03, 213.55°)
OKLab	oklab(54.51% -0.0772 -0.0416)
OKLCH	oklch(54.51% 0.088 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(12.5199, 16.9909, 27.0408)
Luminance	0.1699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197E8B #8B2619

analogous

#198B5F #197E8B #19458B

triadic

#197E8B #8B197E #7E8B19

tetradic

#197E8B #5F198B #8B2619 #458B19

square

#197E8B #5F198B #8B2619 #458B19

split-complementary

#197E8B #8B1945 #8B5F19

monochromatic

#062023 #104F57 #197E8B #22ADBF #41CBDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.77

#197E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.40

#197E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197E8B

4.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197E8B	1.00	4.77	4.40	4.77
#FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.77	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#72798C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#636E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008482

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 126, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.5% 0.088 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca3ac',
    500: '#197e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197e8b;
$custom-light: #6ca3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.842,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54511,
    "c": 0.08773,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.16992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197E8B

secondary

#BE5042

accent

#503BEC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #197E8B

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

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