#198D9E#198D9E

#198D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.097 H 210.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198D9E
RGB	rgb(25, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.73, -23.95, -17.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.73, 29.76, 216.41°)
OKLab	oklab(59.18% -0.0839 -0.0493)
OKLCH	oklch(59.18% 0.097 210.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.0946, 21.7230, 35.6858)
Luminance	0.2172 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198D9E #9E2A19

analogous

#199E6C #198D9E #194A9E

triadic

#198D9E #9E198D #8D9E19

tetradic

#198D9E #6C199E #9E2A19 #4A9E19

square

#198D9E #6C199E #9E2A19 #4A9E19

split-complementary

#198D9E #9E194A #9E6C19

monochromatic

#082F34 #115E69 #198D9E #21BCD3 #4ED0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#198D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#198D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198D9E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198D9E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.097 210.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeba',
    500: '#198d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198d9e;
$custom-light: #71aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.669,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59176,
    "c": 0.0973,
    "h": 210.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198D9E

secondary

#C55D4E

accent

#5038EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198D9E

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

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