#198D8B#198D8B

#198D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.095 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#198D8B
RGBrgb(25, 141, 139)
HSLhsl(179, 70%, 33%)
HSVhsv(179, 82%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LABlab(53.08, -30.08, -7.67)
CIE-LCHlch(53.08, 31.04, 194.31°)
OKLaboklab(58.43% -0.0924 -0.0214)
OKLCHoklch(58.43% 0.095 193)
XYZxyz(14.5838, 21.1187, 27.7288)
Luminance0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#198D8B #8D191B
analogous
#198D51 #198D8B #19558D
triadic
#198D8B #8B198D #8D8B19
tetradic
#198D8B #51198D #8D191B #558D19
square
#198D8B #51198D #8D191B #558D19
split-complementary
#198D8B #8D1955 #8D5119
monochromatic
#072525 #105958 #198D8B #22C1BE #43DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02
#198D8B on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22
#198D8B on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198D8B
5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##198D8B#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##198D8B1.004.025.225.22
#FFFFFF4.021.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2221.001.001.00
##0000005.2221.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#84858B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#747A8C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #198d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.095 193.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#198d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #198d8b;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#198d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.966,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5843,
    "c": 0.09488,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21121
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#198D8B
secondary
#BF4345
accent
#3B3EED
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#091010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198D8B

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#198D8B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva