#198C9D#198C9D

#198C9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C9D
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 10.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.38, -23.77, -17.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.38, 29.59, 216.56°)
OKLab	oklab(58.88% -0.0833 -0.0492)
OKLCH	oklch(58.88% 0.097 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8621, 21.3951, 35.1854)
Luminance	0.2140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C9D #9D2A19

analogous

#199D6C #198C9D #194A9D

triadic

#198C9D #9D198C #8C9D19

tetradic

#198C9D #6C199D #9D2A19 #4A9D19

square

#198C9D #6C199D #9D2A19 #4A9D19

split-complementary

#198C9D #9D194A #9D6C19

monochromatic

#082E33 #115D68 #198C9D #21BBD2 #4ED0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#198C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#198C9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C9D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C9D	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7A9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aeba',
    500: '#198c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c9d;
$custom-light: #70aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.727,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58879,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C9D

secondary

#C55C4D

accent

#5039EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C9D

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

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