#198C9E#198C9E

#198C9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.097 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C9E
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 11.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -23.43, -18.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 29.64, 217.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.92% -0.0829 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(58.92% 0.097 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9478, 21.4294, 35.6369)
Luminance	0.2143 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C9E #9E2B19

analogous

#199E6D #198C9E #19499E

triadic

#198C9E #9E198C #8C9E19

tetradic

#198C9E #6D199E #9E2B19 #499E19

square

#198C9E #6D199E #9E2B19 #499E19

split-complementary

#198C9E #9E1949 #9E6D19

monochromatic

#082E34 #115D69 #198C9E #21BBD3 #4ECFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#198C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#198C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C9E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C9E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E879F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.097 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeba',
    500: '#198c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c9e;
$custom-light: #71aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.12,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58921,
    "c": 0.09716,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21431
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C9E

secondary

#C55E4E

accent

#5138EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C9E

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

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