#196A8E#196A8E

#196A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.093 H 233.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196A8E
RGB	rgb(25, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, -10.36, -26.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 28.38, 248.60°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% -0.0559 -0.0745)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.093 233.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.4354, 12.4664, 27.4422)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196A8E #8E3D19

analogous

#198E78 #196A8E #192F8E

triadic

#196A8E #8E196A #6A8E19

tetradic

#196A8E #78198E #8E3D19 #2F8E19

square

#196A8E #78198E #8E3D19 #2F8E19

split-complementary

#196A8E #8E192F #8E7819

monochromatic

#071C26 #10435A #196A8E #2291C2 #43AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#196A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#196A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196A8E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196A8E	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.093 233.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b94af',
    500: '#196a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196a8e;
$custom-light: #6b94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4949,
    "c": 0.09317,
    "h": 233.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196A8E

secondary

#BF6A44

accent

#723BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196A8E

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

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