#198E8C#198E8C

#198E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E8C
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.43, -30.25, -7.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.43, 31.22, 194.32°)
OKLab	oklab(58.73% -0.093 -0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(58.73% 0.095 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.8053, 21.4442, 28.1647)
Luminance	0.2145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E8C #8E191B

analogous

#198E51 #198E8C #19568E

triadic

#198E8C #8C198E #8E8C19

tetradic

#198E8C #51198E #8E191B #568E19

square

#198E8C #51198E #8E191B #568E19

split-complementary

#198E8C #8E1956 #8E5119

monochromatic

#072625 #105A59 #198E8C #22C2BF #43DEDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#198E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#198E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E8C

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E8C	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafad',
    500: '#198e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e8c;
$custom-light: #6fafad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.974,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58728,
    "c": 0.09544,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E8C

secondary

#BF4446

accent

#3B3EED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E8C

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

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