#198B9C#198B9C

#198B9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.096 H 210.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B9C
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 156)
HSL	hsl(188, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 10.9%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.03, -23.59, -17.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.03, 29.42, 216.71°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0828 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.096 210.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.6316, 21.0702, 34.6891)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B9C #9C2A19

analogous

#199C6B #198B9C #194A9C

triadic

#198B9C #9C198B #8B9C19

tetradic

#198B9C #6B199C #9C2A19 #4A9C19

square

#198B9C #6B199C #9C2A19 #4A9C19

split-complementary

#198B9C #9C194A #9C6B19

monochromatic

#082D33 #115C67 #198B9C #21BAD1 #4DCFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#198B9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#198B9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B9C

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B9C	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.096 210.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adb9',
    500: '#198b9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b9c;
$custom-light: #70adb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58581,
    "c": 0.09624,
    "h": 210.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B9C

secondary

#C45C4C

accent

#5039EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B9C

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

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