#199C9A#199C9A

#199C9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199C9A
RGB	rgb(25, 156, 154)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 0%, 1.3%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.33, -32.64, -8.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.33, 33.71, 194.49°)
OKLab	oklab(62.86% -0.1004 -0.0235)
OKLCH	oklch(62.86% 0.103 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.1193, 26.3144, 34.6898)
Luminance	0.2632 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199C9A #9C191B

analogous

#199C58 #199C9A #195C9C

triadic

#199C9A #9A199C #9C9A19

tetradic

#199C9A #58199C #9C191B #5C9C19

square

#199C9A #58199C #9C191B #5C9C19

split-complementary

#199C9A #9C195C #9C5819

monochromatic

#083332 #116766 #199C9A #21D1CE #4DE2E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#199C9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.26

#199C9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199C9A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199C9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199C9A	1.00	3.35	6.26	6.26
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199c9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 156, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bab7',
    500: '#199c9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199c9a;
$custom-light: #72bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199c9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.084,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62864,
    "c": 0.10315,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199C9A

secondary

#C44C4E

accent

#393CEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199C9A

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

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