#198E9E#198E9E

#198E9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.097 H 209.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198E9E
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 10.1%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.05, -24.46, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.05, 29.90, 215.09°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0849 -0.0479)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.097 209.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2427, 22.0192, 35.7352)
Luminance	0.2202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198E9E #9E2919

analogous

#199E6B #198E9E #194B9E

triadic

#198E9E #9E198E #8E9E19

tetradic

#198E9E #6B199E #9E2919 #4B9E19

square

#198E9E #6B199E #9E2919 #4B9E19

split-complementary

#198E9E #9E194B #9E6B19

monochromatic

#082F34 #115F69 #198E9E #21BDD3 #4ED1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#198E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#198E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198E9E

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198E9E	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)

#80889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.097 209.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afba',
    500: '#198e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198e9e;
$custom-light: #71afba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.218,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59431,
    "c": 0.09747,
    "h": 209.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198E9E

secondary

#C55C4E

accent

#4E38EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198E9E

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

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