#198E8F#198E8F

#198E8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E8F
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 143)
HSL	hsl(181, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.53, -29.32, -9.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.53, 30.76, 197.62°)
OKLab	oklab(58.84% -0.0916 -0.0259)
OKLCH	oklch(58.84% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(15.0295, 21.5339, 29.3456)
Luminance	0.2154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E8F #8F1A19

analogous

#198F55 #198E8F #19538F

triadic

#198E8F #8F198E #8E8F19

tetradic

#198E8F #55198F #8F1A19 #538F19

square

#198E8F #55198F #8F1A19 #538F19

split-complementary

#198E8F #8F1953 #8F5519

monochromatic

#072727 #105A5B #198E8F #22C2C3 #44DDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#198E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#198E8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E8F

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E8F	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B90

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#198e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e8f;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.508,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58839,
    "c": 0.09518,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E8F

secondary

#BF4544

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E8F

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

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