#198B9E#198B9E

#198B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 212.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198B9E
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -22.91, -18.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 29.53, 219.11°)
OKLab	oklab(58.67% -0.0819 -0.052)
OKLCH	oklch(58.67% 0.097 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.8024, 21.1385, 35.5884)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198B9E #9E2C19

analogous

#199E6E #198B9E #19499E

triadic

#198B9E #9E198B #8B9E19

tetradic

#198B9E #6E199E #9E2C19 #499E19

square

#198B9E #6E199E #9E2C19 #499E19

split-complementary

#198B9E #9E1949 #9E6E19

monochromatic

#082E34 #115D69 #198B9E #21B9D3 #4ECEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#198B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#198B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198B9E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198B9E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adba',
    500: '#198b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198b9e;
$custom-light: #70adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.571,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58666,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198B9E

secondary

#C55F4E

accent

#5338EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198B9E

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

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