#198C9C#198C9C

#198C9C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.096 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C9C
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 156)
HSL	hsl(187, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 10.3%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.34, -24.10, -17.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.34, 29.55, 215.36°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0838 -0.0477)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.096 209.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7771, 21.3611, 34.7376)
Luminance	0.2136 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C9C #9C2919

analogous

#199C6A #198C9C #194B9C

triadic

#198C9C #9C198C #8C9C19

tetradic

#198C9C #6A199C #9C2919 #4B9C19

square

#198C9C #6A199C #9C2919 #4B9C19

split-complementary

#198C9C #9C194B #9C6A19

monochromatic

#082D33 #115D67 #198C9C #21BBD1 #4DD0E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#198C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.27

#198C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C9C

5.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C9C	1.00	3.98	5.27	5.27
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E869D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.096 209.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeb9',
    500: '#198c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c9c;
$custom-light: #70aeb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.328,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58837,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C9C

secondary

#C45B4C

accent

#4F39EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C9C

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

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