#198E8E#198E8E

#198E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E8E
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.50, -29.63, -8.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.50, 30.90, 196.51°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0921 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.095 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.9541, 21.5038, 28.9484)
Luminance	0.2151 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E8E #8E1919

analogous

#198E53 #198E8E #19538E

triadic

#198E8E #8E198E #8E8E19

tetradic

#198E8E #53198E #8E1919 #538E19

square

#198E8E #53198E #8E1919 #538E19

split-complementary

#198E8E #8E1953 #8E5319

monochromatic

#072626 #105A5A #198E8E #22C2C2 #43DEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#198E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#198E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E8E

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E8E	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#198e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e8e;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58802,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E8E

secondary

#BF4444

accent

#3B3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E8E

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

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