#199C9B#199C9B

#199C9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199C9B
RGB	rgb(25, 156, 155)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.37, -32.33, -8.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.37, 33.55, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.9% -0.1 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(62.9% 0.103 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.2030, 26.3478, 35.1302)
Luminance	0.2635 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199C9B #9C191A

analogous

#199C59 #199C9B #195B9C

triadic

#199C9B #9B199C #9C9B19

tetradic

#199C9B #59199C #9C191A #5B9C19

square

#199C9B #59199C #9C191A #5B9C19

split-complementary

#199C9B #9C195B #9C5919

monochromatic

#083332 #116767 #199C9B #21D1CF #4DE2E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#199C9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#199C9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199C9B

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199C9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199C9B	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80879C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199c9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 156, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bab8',
    500: '#199c9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199c9b;
$custom-light: #72bab8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199c9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.542,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62901,
    "c": 0.10304,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.2635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199C9B

secondary

#C44C4D

accent

#393AEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199C9B

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

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