#198B9D#198B9D

#198B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 211.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B9D
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.06, -23.25, -18.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.06, 29.47, 217.91°)
OKLab	oklab(58.62% -0.0824 -0.0505)
OKLCH	oklch(58.62% 0.097 211.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7167, 21.1042, 35.1369)
Luminance	0.2111 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B9D #9D2B19

analogous

#199D6D #198B9D #19499D

triadic

#198B9D #9D198B #8B9D19

tetradic

#198B9D #6D199D #9D2B19 #499D19

square

#198B9D #6D199D #9D2B19 #499D19

split-complementary

#198B9D #9D1949 #9D6D19

monochromatic

#082E33 #115C68 #198B9D #21BAD2 #4ECEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#198B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#198B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B9D

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B9D	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 211.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adba',
    500: '#198b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b9d;
$custom-light: #70adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58624,
    "c": 0.09663,
    "h": 211.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21106
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B9D

secondary

#C55D4D

accent

#5139EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B9D

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

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