#198E8A#198E8A

#198E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E8A
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -30.87, -6.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 31.58, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0939 -0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.096 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.6592, 21.3858, 27.3951)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E8A #8E191D

analogous

#198E50 #198E8A #19578E

triadic

#198E8A #8A198E #8E8A19

tetradic

#198E8A #50198E #8E191D #578E19

square

#198E8A #50198E #8E191D #578E19

split-complementary

#198E8A #8E1957 #8E5019

monochromatic

#072625 #105A57 #198E8A #22C2BD #43DED9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#198E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#198E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E8A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#198e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e8a;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.949,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58656,
    "c": 0.09576,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E8A

secondary

#BF4448

accent

#3B41ED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E8A

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

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