#196A8F#196A8F

#196A8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.094 H 233.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196A8F
RGB	rgb(25, 106, 143)
HSL	hsl(199, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(199, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 25.9%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.99, -9.98, -26.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.99, 28.74, 249.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.54% -0.0556 -0.0761)
OKLCH	oklch(49.54% 0.094 233.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.5109, 12.4966, 27.8394)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196A8F #8F3E19

analogous

#198F79 #196A8F #192F8F

triadic

#196A8F #8F196A #6A8F19

tetradic

#196A8F #79198F #8F3E19 #2F8F19

square

#196A8F #79198F #8F3E19 #2F8F19

split-complementary

#196A8F #8F192F #8F7919

monochromatic

#071D27 #10435B #196A8F #2291C3 #44AEDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#196A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#196A8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196A8F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196A8F	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586991

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#485E8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.094 233.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b94b0',
    500: '#196a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196a8f;
$custom-light: #6b94b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.814,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49543,
    "c": 0.09419,
    "h": 233.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196A8F

secondary

#BF6B44

accent

#733BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196A8F

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

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