#198E8B#198E8B

#198E8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 192.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E8B
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 139)
HSL	hsl(178, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 2.1%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -30.56, -7.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 31.39, 193.24°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0934 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.096 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.7319, 21.4149, 27.7781)
Luminance	0.2142 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E8B #8E191C

analogous

#198E51 #198E8B #19568E

triadic

#198E8B #8B198E #8E8B19

tetradic

#198E8B #51198E #8E191C #568E19

square

#198E8B #51198E #8E191C #568E19

split-complementary

#198E8B #8E1956 #8E5119

monochromatic

#072625 #105A58 #198E8B #22C2BE #43DEDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#198E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#198E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E8B

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E8B	1.00	3.97	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.97	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)

#85868B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafac',
    500: '#198e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e8b;
$custom-light: #6eafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.462,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58692,
    "c": 0.09558,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E8B

secondary

#BF4447

accent

#3B40ED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E8B

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

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