#198C8E#198C8E

#198C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.3% C 0.094 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C8E
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.86, -28.65, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.86, 30.26, 198.78°)
OKLab	oklab(58.28% -0.09 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(58.28% 0.094 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6592, 20.9140, 28.8501)
Luminance	0.2092 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C8E #8E1B19

analogous

#198E56 #198C8E #19518E

triadic

#198C8E #8E198C #8C8E19

tetradic

#198C8E #56198E #8E1B19 #518E19

square

#198C8E #56198E #8E1B19 #518E19

split-complementary

#198C8E #8E1951 #8E5619

monochromatic

#072526 #10595A #198C8E #22BFC2 #43DBDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#198C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#198C8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C8E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C8E	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#82858E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72798F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.3% 0.094 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaeaf',
    500: '#198c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c8e;
$custom-light: #6eaeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.026,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5828,
    "c": 0.09403,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20916
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C8E

secondary

#BF4644

accent

#3E3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C8E

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

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