#198A9E#198A9E

#198A9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.097 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198A9E
RGB	rgb(25, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.79, -22.39, -19.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.79, 29.44, 220.48°)
OKLab	oklab(58.41% -0.081 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(58.41% 0.097 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.6582, 20.8503, 35.5404)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198A9E #9E2D19

analogous

#199E6F #198A9E #19479E

triadic

#198A9E #9E198A #8A9E19

tetradic

#198A9E #6F199E #9E2D19 #479E19

square

#198A9E #6F199E #9E2D19 #479E19

split-complementary

#198A9E #9E1947 #9E6F19

monochromatic

#082E34 #115C69 #198A9E #21B8D3 #4ECDE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#198A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#198A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198A9E

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198A9E	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.097 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acba',
    500: '#198a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198a9e;
$custom-light: #70acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58411,
    "c": 0.09697,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20852
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198A9E

secondary

#C5604E

accent

#5438EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198A9E

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

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