#198D8F#198D8F

#198D8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198D8F
RGB	rgb(25, 141, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 1.4%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.21, -28.83, -9.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.21, 30.44, 198.76°)
OKLab	oklab(58.58% -0.0906 -0.0272)
OKLCH	oklch(58.58% 0.095 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.8814, 21.2377, 29.2962)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198D8F #8F1B19

analogous

#198F56 #198D8F #19528F

triadic

#198D8F #8F198D #8D8F19

tetradic

#198D8F #56198F #8F1B19 #528F19

square

#198D8F #56198F #8F1B19 #528F19

split-complementary

#198D8F #8F1952 #8F5619

monochromatic

#072627 #105A5B #198D8F #22C0C3 #44DCDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#198D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#198D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198D8F

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198D8F	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 141, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#198d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198d8f;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.017,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58578,
    "c": 0.09459,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.2124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198D8F

secondary

#BF4644

accent

#3E3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198D8F

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

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