#198B8F#198B8F

#198B8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.207; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.093 H 198.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B8F
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 2.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.57, -27.84, -10.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.57, 29.84, 201.12°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0886 -0.0299)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.093 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5892, 20.6532, 29.1988)
Luminance	0.2066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B8F #8F1D19

analogous

#198F58 #198B8F #19508F

triadic

#198B8F #8F198B #8B8F19

tetradic

#198B8F #58198F #8F1D19 #508F19

square

#198B8F #58198F #8F1D19 #508F19

split-complementary

#198B8F #8F1950 #8F5819

monochromatic

#072627 #10585B #198B8F #22BEC3 #44D9DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09

#198B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13

#198B8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B8F

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B8F	1.00	4.09	5.13	5.13
#FFFFFF	4.09	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80848F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707890

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.093 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadaf',
    500: '#198b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b8f;
$custom-light: #6eadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.034,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58058,
    "c": 0.09348,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20655
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B8F

secondary

#BF4944

accent

#413BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B8F

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

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