#197E8F#197E8F

#197E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.171; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 212.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197E8F
RGB	rgb(25, 126, 143)
HSL	hsl(189, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 11.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.40, -21.17, -17.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.40, 27.20, 218.87°)
OKLab	oklab(54.68% -0.0755 -0.0476)
OKLCH	oklch(54.68% 0.089 212.2)
XYZ	xyz(12.8175, 17.1099, 28.6083)
Luminance	0.1711 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197E8F #8F2A19

analogous

#198F65 #197E8F #19438F

triadic

#197E8F #8F197E #7E8F19

tetradic

#197E8F #65198F #8F2A19 #438F19

square

#197E8F #65198F #8F2A19 #438F19

split-complementary

#197E8F #8F1943 #8F6519

monochromatic

#072227 #10505B #197E8F #22ACC3 #44C8DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.75

#197E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.42

#197E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197E8F

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197E8F	1.00	4.75	4.42	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.42	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#717990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#616E8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 126, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 212.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da3af',
    500: '#197e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197e8f;
$custom-light: #6da3af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.644,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54682,
    "c": 0.08924,
    "h": 212.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.17112
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197E8F

secondary

#BF5644

accent

#543BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #197E8F

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

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