#199B9F#199B9F

#199B9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.262; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.102 H 198.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199B9F
RGB	rgb(25, 155, 159)
HSL	hsl(182, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 2.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.18, -30.61, -11.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.18, 32.71, 200.61°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.0972 -0.032)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.102 198.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.3774, 26.1502, 36.8731)
Luminance	0.2615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199B9F #9F1D19

analogous

#199F60 #199B9F #19589F

triadic

#199B9F #9F199B #9B9F19

tetradic

#199B9F #60199F #9F1D19 #589F19

square

#199B9F #60199F #9F1D19 #589F19

split-complementary

#199B9F #9F1958 #9F6019

monochromatic

#083435 #11676A #199B9F #21CFD4 #4FDFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#199B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#199B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199B9F

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199B9F	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D86A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 155, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.102 198.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9bb',
    500: '#199b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199b9f;
$custom-light: #73b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.791,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62792,
    "c": 0.10231,
    "h": 198.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199B9F

secondary

#C6524E

accent

#3E38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199B9F

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

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