#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
RGBrgb(25, 139, 139)
HSLhsl(180, 70%, 32%)
HSVhsv(180, 82%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82%, 0%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LABlab(52.44, -29.10, -8.63)
CIE-LCHlch(52.44, 30.36, 196.52°)
OKLaboklab(57.91% -0.0904 -0.024)
OKLCHoklch(57.91% 0.094 194.9)
XYZxyz(14.2915, 20.5342, 27.6314)
Luminance0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##198B8B1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

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

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#198B8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva