#198E9D#198E9D

#198E9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.097 H 208.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E9D
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 157)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 9.6%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -24.79, -16.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 29.87, 213.91°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0853 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.097 208.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.1570, 21.9849, 35.2837)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E9D #9D2819

analogous

#199D6A #198E9D #194C9D

triadic

#198E9D #9D198E #8E9D19

tetradic

#198E9D #6A199D #9D2819 #4C9D19

square

#198E9D #6A199D #9D2819 #4C9D19

split-complementary

#198E9D #9D194C #9D6A19

monochromatic

#082F33 #115E68 #198E9D #21BED2 #4ED2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#198E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#198E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E9D

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E9D	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80889E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009592

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.097 208.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afba',
    500: '#198e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e9d;
$custom-light: #71afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.818,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5939,
    "c": 0.09713,
    "h": 208.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21987
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E9D

secondary

#C55B4D

accent

#4D39EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E9D

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

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