#199E8B#199E8B

#199E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E8B
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -37.97, 0.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 37.97, 179.44°)
OKLab	oklab(62.88% -0.1095 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.88% 0.11 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.2856, 26.5223, 28.6294)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E8B #9E192C

analogous

#199E49 #199E8B #196E9E

triadic

#199E8B #8B199E #9E8B19

tetradic

#199E8B #49199E #9E192C #6E9E19

square

#199E8B #49199E #9E192C #6E9E19

split-complementary

#199E8B #9E196E #9E4919

monochromatic

#08342E #11695D #199E8B #21D3B9 #4EE3CE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#199E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#199E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E8B

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E8B	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)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbac',
    500: '#199e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e8b;
$custom-light: #71bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.429,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62878,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E8B

secondary

#C54E5F

accent

#3853EF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E8B

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

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