#198B8B#198B8B

#198B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B8B
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 139)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -29.10, -8.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 30.36, 196.52°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0904 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.094 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2915, 20.5342, 27.6314)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B8B #8B1919

analogous

#198B52 #198B8B #19528B

triadic

#198B8B #8B198B #8B8B19

tetradic

#198B8B #52198B #8B1919 #528B19

square

#198B8B #52198B #8B1919 #528B19

split-complementary

#198B8B #8B1952 #8B5219

monochromatic

#062323 #105757 #198B8B #22BFBF #41DDDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#198B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#198B8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B8B

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B8B	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadac',
    500: '#198b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b8b;
$custom-light: #6eadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57907,
    "c": 0.09356,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B8B

secondary

#BE4242

accent

#3B3BEC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B8B

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

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