#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
RGB	rgb(25, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -30.08, -7.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 31.04, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.43% -0.0924 -0.0214)
OKLCH	oklch(58.43% 0.095 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.5838, 21.1187, 27.7288)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##198D8B	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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