#198D9F#198D9F

#198D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.098 H 211.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198D9F
RGB	rgb(25, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -23.61, -18.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 29.80, 217.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0835 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.098 211.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.1810, 21.7576, 36.1410)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198D9F #9F2B19

analogous

#199F6E #198D9F #194A9F

triadic

#198D9F #9F198D #8D9F19

tetradic

#198D9F #6E199F #9F2B19 #4A9F19

square

#198D9F #6E199F #9F2B19 #4A9F19

split-complementary

#198D9F #9F194A #9F6E19

monochromatic

#082F35 #115E6A #198D9F #21BCD4 #4FCFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#198D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#198D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198D9F

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198D9F	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	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)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.098 211.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebb',
    500: '#198d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198d9f;
$custom-light: #71aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.06,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59218,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 211.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2176
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198D9F

secondary

#C65E4E

accent

#5138F0

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198D9F

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

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