#198B8E#198B8E

#198B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.0% C 0.093 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B8E
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.53, -28.16, -10.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.53, 29.96, 199.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.02% -0.089 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(58.02% 0.093 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5138, 20.6231, 28.8016)
Luminance	0.2062 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B8E #8E1C19

analogous

#198E56 #198B8E #19518E

triadic

#198B8E #8E198B #8B8E19

tetradic

#198B8E #56198E #8E1C19 #518E19

square

#198B8E #56198E #8E1C19 #518E19

split-complementary

#198B8E #8E1951 #8E5619

monochromatic

#072526 #10585A #198B8E #22BEC2 #43DADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.10

#198B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.12

#198B8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B8E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B8E	1.00	4.10	5.12	5.12
#FFFFFF	4.10	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.0% 0.093 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadaf',
    500: '#198b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b8e;
$custom-light: #6eadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.538,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5802,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B8E

secondary

#BF4744

accent

#403BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B8E

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

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