#196A8A#196A8A

#196A8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 49.3% C 0.089 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196A8A
RGBrgb(25, 106, 138)
HSLhsl(197, 69%, 32%)
HSVhsv(197, 82%, 54%)
CMYKcmyk(81.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LABlab(41.76, -11.84, -24.31)
CIE-LCHlch(41.76, 27.04, 244.03°)
OKLaboklab(49.28% -0.0574 -0.0684)
OKLCHoklch(49.28% 0.089 230)
XYZxyz(10.1405, 12.3485, 25.8889)
Luminance0.1235 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196A8A #8A3919
analogous
#198A72 #196A8A #19328A
triadic
#196A8A #8A196A #6A8A19
tetradic
#196A8A #72198A #8A3919 #328A19
square
#196A8A #72198A #8A3919 #328A19
split-complementary
#196A8A #8A1932 #8A7219
monochromatic
#061A22 #104256 #196A8A #2292BE #41B0DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.05
#196A8A on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.47
#196A8A on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196A8A
6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196A8A#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196A8A1.006.053.476.05
#FFFFFF6.051.0021.001.00
#0000003.4721.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.051.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5A688C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4B5E8A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007375
Achromatopsia (no color)
#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196a8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.3% 0.089 230.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94ac',
    500: '#196a8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196a8a;
$custom-light: #6a94ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196a8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.991,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49283,
    "c": 0.08933,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.1235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196A8A
secondary
#BD6542
accent
#6E3CEC
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF1F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#070D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

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#196A8A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva