#198A9C#198A9C

#198A9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.096 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198A9C
RGB	rgb(25, 138, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.71, -23.07, -18.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.71, 29.30, 218.07°)
OKLab	oklab(58.33% -0.0818 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(58.33% 0.096 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.4875, 20.7820, 34.6411)
Luminance	0.2078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198A9C #9C2B19

analogous

#199C6C #198A9C #19499C

triadic

#198A9C #9C198A #8A9C19

tetradic

#198A9C #6C199C #9C2B19 #499C19

square

#198A9C #6C199C #9C2B19 #499C19

split-complementary

#198A9C #9C1949 #9C6C19

monochromatic

#082D33 #115B67 #198A9C #21B9D1 #4DCEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#198A9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.16

#198A9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198A9C

5.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198A9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198A9C	1.00	4.07	5.16	5.16
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C859D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B789C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198a9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 138, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.096 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acb9',
    500: '#198a9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198a9c;
$custom-light: #70acb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198a9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.244,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58326,
    "c": 0.0961,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20784
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198A9C

secondary

#C45D4C

accent

#5239EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198A9C

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

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