#196A7E#196A7E

#196A7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.120; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.080 H 218.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196A7E
RGB	rgb(25, 106, 126)
HSL	hsl(192, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(192, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 15.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.25, -16.20, -17.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.25, 24.12, 227.82°)
OKLab	oklab(48.7% -0.0623 -0.05)
OKLCH	oklch(48.7% 0.08 218.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.3192, 12.0200, 21.5635)
Luminance	0.1202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196A7E #7E2D19

analogous

#197E60 #196A7E #19387E

triadic

#196A7E #7E196A #6A7E19

tetradic

#196A7E #60197E #7E2D19 #387E19

square

#196A7E #60197E #7E2D19 #387E19

split-complementary

#196A7E #7E1938 #7E6019

monochromatic

#05151A #0F3F4B #196A7E #2395B1 #3AB8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.17

#196A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.40

#196A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196A7E

6.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196A7E	1.00	6.17	3.40	6.17
#FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.40	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D677F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#505D7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007170

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.080 218.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6894a3',
    500: '#196a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196a7e;
$custom-light: #6894a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.881,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48698,
    "c": 0.07986,
    "h": 218.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12021
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196A7E

secondary

#B25741

accent

#603EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196A7E

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

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