#199B9E#199B9E

#199B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.102 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199B9E
RGB	rgb(25, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.15, -30.93, -10.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.15, 32.82, 199.56°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0976 -0.0306)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.102 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.2909, 26.1156, 36.4179)
Luminance	0.2612 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199B9E #9E1C19

analogous

#199E5E #199B9E #19589E

triadic

#199B9E #9E199B #9B9E19

tetradic

#199B9E #5E199E #9E1C19 #589E19

square

#199B9E #5E199E #9E1C19 #589E19

split-complementary

#199B9E #9E1958 #9E5E19

monochromatic

#083334 #116769 #199B9E #21CFD3 #4EE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#199B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#199B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199B9E

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199B9E	1.00	3.37	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.102 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ba',
    500: '#199b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199b9e;
$custom-light: #73b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.353,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62754,
    "c": 0.1023,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26118
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199B9E

secondary

#C5504E

accent

#3D38EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199B9E

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

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