#196A6B#196A6B

#196A6B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.116; OKLCH L 47.9% C 0.074 H 196.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196A6B
RGB	rgb(25, 106, 107)
HSL	hsl(181, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0.9%, 0%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.53, -22.67, -7.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.53, 23.86, 198.13°)
OKLab	oklab(47.88% -0.0709 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(47.88% 0.074 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2076, 11.5753, 15.7088)
Luminance	0.1158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196A6B #6B1A19

analogous

#196B43 #196A6B #19416B

triadic

#196A6B #6B196A #6A6B19

tetradic

#196A6B #43196B #6B1A19 #416B19

square

#196A6B #43196B #6B1A19 #416B19

split-complementary

#196A6B #6B1941 #6B4319

monochromatic

#061919 #0D3939 #196A6B #259B9D #30CCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.33

#196A6B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.32

#196A6B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196A6B

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196A6B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196A6B	1.00	6.33	3.32	6.33
#FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.32	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.33	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#62656B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565C6C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196a6b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 107);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.9% 0.074 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659595',
    500: '#196a6b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196a6b;
$custom-light: #659595;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196a6b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 107
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.732,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47883,
    "c": 0.07389,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.11576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196A6B

secondary

#A1403F

accent

#4543E5

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF1F1

border

#C6CBCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196A6B

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

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