#199D9F#199D9F

#199D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199D9F
RGB	rgb(25, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.3%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.81, -31.58, -10.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.81, 33.30, 198.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.3% -0.0991 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(63.3% 0.103 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7130, 26.8214, 36.9849)
Luminance	0.2682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199D9F #9F1B19

analogous

#199F5E #199D9F #195A9F

triadic

#199D9F #9F199D #9D9F19

tetradic

#199D9F #5E199F #9F1B19 #5A9F19

square

#199D9F #5E199F #9F1B19 #5A9F19

split-complementary

#199D9F #9F195A #9F5E19

monochromatic

#083535 #11696A #199D9F #21D1D4 #4FE1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#199D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#199D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199D9F

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199D9F	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73babb',
    500: '#199d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199d9f;
$custom-light: #73babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.896,
    "s": 72.826,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63303,
    "c": 0.10339,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199D9F

secondary

#C6504E

accent

#3B38F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #199D9F

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

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