#199C9C#199C9C

#199C9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.103 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199C9C
RGB	rgb(25, 156, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 0%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.40, -32.03, -9.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.40, 33.40, 196.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.94% -0.0995 -0.0264)
OKLCH	oklch(62.94% 0.103 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.2873, 26.3816, 35.5744)
Luminance	0.2638 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199C9C #9C1919

analogous

#199C5A #199C9C #195A9C

triadic

#199C9C #9C199C #9C9C19

tetradic

#199C9C #5A199C #9C1919 #5A9C19

square

#199C9C #5A199C #9C1919 #5A9C19

split-complementary

#199C9C #9C195A #9C5A19

monochromatic

#083333 #116767 #199C9C #21D1D1 #4DE2E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#199C9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.28

#199C9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199C9C

6.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199C9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199C9C	1.00	3.35	6.28	6.28
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199c9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 156, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.103 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bab9',
    500: '#199c9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199c9c;
$custom-light: #72bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199c9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 72.376,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62937,
    "c": 0.10295,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26384
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199C9C

secondary

#C44C4C

accent

#3939EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199C9C

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

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