#199E8A#199E8A

#199E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E8A
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -38.25, 0.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 38.26, 178.66°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.11 0.0018)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.11 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.2129, 26.4932, 28.2463)
Luminance	0.2650 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E8A #9E192D

analogous

#199E47 #199E8A #196F9E

triadic

#199E8A #8A199E #9E8A19

tetradic

#199E8A #47199E #9E192D #6F9E19

square

#199E8A #47199E #9E192D #6F9E19

split-complementary

#199E8A #9E196F #9E4719

monochromatic

#08342E #11695C #199E8A #21D3B8 #4EE3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#199E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#199E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E8A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E8A	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbac',
    500: '#199e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e8a;
$custom-light: #71bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62846,
    "c": 0.10999,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.26495
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E8A

secondary

#C54E60

accent

#3854EF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E8A

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

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