#198C9F#198C9F

#198C9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.098 H 212.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198C9F
RGB	rgb(25, 140, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.45, -23.09, -18.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.45, 29.70, 218.95°)
OKLab	oklab(58.96% -0.0825 -0.0521)
OKLCH	oklch(58.96% 0.098 212.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.0343, 21.4640, 36.0920)
Luminance	0.2147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198C9F #9F2C19

analogous

#199F6F #198C9F #19499F

triadic

#198C9F #9F198C #8C9F19

tetradic

#198C9F #6F199F #9F2C19 #499F19

square

#198C9F #6F199F #9F2C19 #499F19

split-complementary

#198C9F #9F1949 #9F6F19

monochromatic

#082F35 #115D6A #198C9F #21BBD4 #4FCEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#198C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#198C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198C9F

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198C9F	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)

#7D87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 140, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.098 212.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebb',
    500: '#198c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198c9f;
$custom-light: #71aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.507,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58963,
    "c": 0.09757,
    "h": 212.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.21466
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198C9F

secondary

#C65F4E

accent

#5238F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198C9F

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

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