#199E9A#199E9A

#199E9A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E9A
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 154)
HSL	hsl(178, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -33.58, -7.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 34.41, 192.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.38% -0.1024 -0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.38% 0.105 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.4577, 26.9911, 34.8026)
Luminance	0.2699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E9A #9E191D

analogous

#199E57 #199E9A #19609E

triadic

#199E9A #9A199E #9E9A19

tetradic

#199E9A #57199E #9E191D #609E19

square

#199E9A #57199E #9E191D #609E19

split-complementary

#199E9A #9E1960 #9E5719

monochromatic

#083433 #116966 #199E9A #21D3CD #4EE3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#199E9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#199E9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E9A

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E9A	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94959A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb7',
    500: '#199e9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e9a;
$custom-light: #73bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63379,
    "c": 0.10452,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26993
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E9A

secondary

#C54E51

accent

#383EEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E9A

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

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