#198C8B#198C8B

#198C8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C8B
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.76, -29.59, -8.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.76, 30.69, 195.40°)
OKLab	oklab(58.17% -0.0914 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(58.17% 0.094 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4370, 20.8251, 27.6798)
Luminance	0.2083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C8B #8C191A

analogous

#198C51 #198C8B #19548C

triadic

#198C8B #8B198C #8C8B19

tetradic

#198C8B #51198C #8C191A #548C19

square

#198C8B #51198C #8C191A #548C19

split-complementary

#198C8B #8C1954 #8C5119

monochromatic

#062424 #105857 #198C8B #22C0BF #42DDDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.07

#198C8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17

#198C8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C8B

5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C8B	1.00	4.07	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#73798C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeac',
    500: '#198c8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c8b;
$custom-light: #6eaeac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58168,
    "c": 0.09421,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C8B

secondary

#BE4344

accent

#3B3DED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C8B

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

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