#199E9B#199E9B

#199E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E9B
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.00, -33.28, -8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.00, 34.23, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.41% -0.1019 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(63.41% 0.104 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.5413, 27.0246, 35.2430)
Luminance	0.2703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E9B #9E191C

analogous

#199E58 #199E9B #195E9E

triadic

#199E9B #9B199E #9E9B19

tetradic

#199E9B #58199E #9E191C #5E9E19

square

#199E9B #58199E #9E191C #5E9E19

split-complementary

#199E9B #9E195E #9E5819

monochromatic

#083433 #116967 #199E9B #21D3CF #4EE3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#199E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#199E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E9B

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E9B	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#94959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb8',
    500: '#199e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e9b;
$custom-light: #73bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63414,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E9B

secondary

#C54E50

accent

#383DEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E9B

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

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