#199C9F#199C9F

#199C9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.103 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199C9F
RGB	rgb(25, 156, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.49, -31.10, -11.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.49, 33.00, 199.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.05% -0.0981 -0.0307)
OKLCH	oklch(63.05% 0.103 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5445, 26.4844, 36.9288)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199C9F #9F1C19

analogous

#199F5F #199C9F #19599F

triadic

#199C9F #9F199C #9C9F19

tetradic

#199C9F #5F199F #9F1C19 #599F19

square

#199C9F #5F199F #9F1C19 #599F19

split-complementary

#199C9F #9F1959 #9F5F19

monochromatic

#083435 #11686A #199C9F #21D0D4 #4FE0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#199C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#199C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199C9F

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199C9F	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90949F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F87A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 156, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.103 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9bb',
    500: '#199c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199c9f;
$custom-light: #73b9bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.343,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63047,
    "c": 0.10284,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199C9F

secondary

#C6514E

accent

#3C38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #199C9F

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

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