#198D8E#198D8E

#198D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198D8E
RGB	rgb(25, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.18, -29.14, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.18, 30.58, 197.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.54% -0.0911 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(58.54% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8060, 21.2075, 28.8991)
Luminance	0.2121 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198D8E #8E1A19

analogous

#198E55 #198D8E #19528E

triadic

#198D8E #8E198D #8D8E19

tetradic

#198D8E #55198E #8E1A19 #528E19

square

#198D8E #55198E #8E1A19 #528E19

split-complementary

#198D8E #8E1952 #8E5519

monochromatic

#072626 #10595A #198D8E #22C1C2 #43DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#198D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#198D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198D8E

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198D8E	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#198d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198d8e;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.513,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58541,
    "c": 0.09463,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198D8E

secondary

#BF4544

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198D8E

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

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