#198F9E#198F9E

#198F9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.098 H 208.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198F9E
RGB	rgb(25, 143, 158)
HSL	hsl(187, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 9.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.36, -24.97, -16.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.36, 30.05, 213.78°)
OKLab	oklab(59.69% -0.0859 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(59.69% 0.098 208.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.3922, 22.3181, 35.7850)
Luminance	0.2232 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198F9E #9E2819

analogous

#199E6A #198F9E #194C9E

triadic

#198F9E #9E198F #8F9E19

tetradic

#198F9E #6A199E #9E2819 #4C9E19

square

#198F9E #6A199E #9E2819 #4C9E19

split-complementary

#198F9E #9E194C #9E6A19

monochromatic

#082F34 #115F69 #198F9E #21BFD3 #4ED2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#198F9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#198F9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198F9E

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198F9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198F9E	1.00	3.84	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.84	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)

#81899F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#707D9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009693

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 143, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.098 208.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b0ba',
    500: '#198f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198f9e;
$custom-light: #71b0ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.767,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59686,
    "c": 0.09767,
    "h": 208.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2232
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198F9E

secondary

#C55B4E

accent

#4D38EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #198F9E

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

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