#199C9E#199C9E

#199C9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199C9E
RGB	rgb(25, 156, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 1.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.46, -31.41, -10.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.46, 33.12, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.0986 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.103 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.4580, 26.4499, 36.4736)
Luminance	0.2645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199C9E #9E1B19

analogous

#199E5D #199C9E #19599E

triadic

#199C9E #9E199C #9C9E19

tetradic

#199C9E #5D199E #9E1B19 #599E19

square

#199C9E #5D199E #9E1B19 #599E19

split-complementary

#199C9E #9E1959 #9E5D19

monochromatic

#083434 #116869 #199C9E #21D0D3 #4EE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#199C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#199C9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199C9E

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199C9E	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91949E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F879F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 156, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ba',
    500: '#199c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199c9e;
$custom-light: #73b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6301,
    "c": 0.10285,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199C9E

secondary

#C54F4E

accent

#3B38EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199C9E

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

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