#198C8D#198C8D

#198C8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.094 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C8D
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.82, -28.97, -9.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.82, 30.39, 197.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.24% -0.0905 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(58.24% 0.094 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.5845, 20.8841, 28.4565)
Luminance	0.2089 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C8D #8D1A19

analogous

#198D54 #198C8D #19528D

triadic

#198C8D #8D198C #8C8D19

tetradic

#198C8D #54198D #8D1A19 #528D19

square

#198C8D #54198D #8D1A19 #528D19

split-complementary

#198C8D #8D1952 #8D5419

monochromatic

#072525 #105859 #198C8D #22C0C1 #43DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#198C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#198C8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C8D

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C8D	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82858D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.094 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeae',
    500: '#198c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c8d;
$custom-light: #6eaeae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.517,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58243,
    "c": 0.09406,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20886
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C8D

secondary

#BF4443

accent

#3D3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C8D

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

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