#199E9C#199E9C

#199E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#199E9C
RGB	rgb(25, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.03, -32.98, -8.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.03, 34.06, 194.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.45% -0.1015 -0.0238)
OKLCH	oklch(63.45% 0.104 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.6257, 27.0583, 35.6871)
Luminance	0.2706 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#199E9C #9E191B

analogous

#199E59 #199E9C #195D9E

triadic

#199E9C #9C199E #9E9C19

tetradic

#199E9C #59199E #9E191B #5D9E19

square

#199E9C #59199E #9E191B #5D9E19

split-complementary

#199E9C #9E195D #9E5919

monochromatic

#083434 #116968 #199E9C #21D3D0 #4EE3E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#199E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#199E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #199E9C

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##199E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##199E9C	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)

#93969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #199e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb9',
    500: '#199e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #199e9c;
$custom-light: #73bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#199e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.098,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6345,
    "c": 0.10422,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27061
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#199E9C

secondary

#C54E4F

accent

#383BEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #199E9C

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

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