#198F9D#198F9D

#198F9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.6% C 0.097 H 207.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198F9D
RGB	rgb(25, 143, 157)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 8.9%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.33, -25.30, -16.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.33, 30.04, 212.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.65% -0.0863 -0.0451)
OKLCH	oklch(59.65% 0.097 207.6)
XYZ	xyz(16.3065, 22.2838, 35.3335)
Luminance	0.2229 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198F9D #9D2719

analogous

#199D69 #198F9D #194D9D

triadic

#198F9D #9D198F #8F9D19

tetradic

#198F9D #69199D #9D2719 #4D9D19

square

#198F9D #69199D #9D2719 #4D9D19

split-complementary

#198F9D #9D194D #9D6919

monochromatic

#082F33 #115F68 #198F9D #21BFD2 #4ED3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#198F9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#198F9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198F9D

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198F9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198F9D	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#82899E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198f9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 143, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.6% 0.097 207.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ba',
    500: '#198f9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198f9d;
$custom-light: #71b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198f9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.364,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59645,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 207.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22286
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198F9D

secondary

#C55A4D

accent

#4C39EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198F9D

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

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