#199E8C#199E8C

#199E8C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 180.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E8C
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 140)
HSL	hsl(172, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 11.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.56, -37.68, -0.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.56, 37.68, 180.24°)
OKLab	oklab(62.91% -0.109 -0.001)
OKLCH	oklch(62.91% 0.109 180.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.3590, 26.5516, 29.0159)
Luminance	0.2655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E8C #9E192B

analogous

#199E49 #199E8C #196D9E

triadic

#199E8C #8C199E #9E8C19

tetradic

#199E8C #49199E #9E192B #6D9E19

square

#199E8C #49199E #9E192B #6D9E19

split-complementary

#199E8C #9E196D #9E4919

monochromatic

#08342E #11695D #199E8C #21D3BB #4EE3CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#199E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#199E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E8C

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E8C	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 180.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbad',
    500: '#199e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e8c;
$custom-light: #71bbad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.88,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62909,
    "c": 0.10903,
    "h": 180.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E8C

secondary

#C54E5E

accent

#3851EF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E8C

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

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