#196AA0#196AA0

#196AA0 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.113 H 243.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196AA0
RGBrgb(25, 106, 160)
HSLhsl(204, 73%, 36%)
HSVhsv(204, 84%, 63%)
CMYKcmyk(84.4%, 33.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.84, -3.51, -35.74)
CIE-LCHlch(42.84, 35.91, 264.40°)
OKLaboklab(50.49% -0.0499 -0.1016)
OKLCHoklch(50.49% 0.113 243.9)
XYZxyz(11.8976, 13.0513, 35.1430)
Luminance0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196AA0 #A04F19
analogous
#19A093 #196AA0 #1927A0
triadic
#196AA0 #A0196A #6AA019
tetradic
#196AA0 #9319A0 #A04F19 #27A019
square
#196AA0 #9319A0 #A04F19 #27A019
split-complementary
#196AA0 #A01927 #A09319
monochromatic
#082436 #11476B #196AA0 #218DD5 #50A8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82
#196AA0 on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61
#196AA0 on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196AA0
5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196AA0#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196AA01.005.823.615.82
#FFFFFF5.821.0021.001.00
#0000003.6121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.821.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#506CA2
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#3E609F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00777D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196aa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 106, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.113 243.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e94bc',
    500: '#196aa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196aa0;
$custom-light: #6e94bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196aa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50491,
    "c": 0.11321,
    "h": 243.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196AA0
secondary
#C67E4F
accent
#8238F0
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF1F6
border
#C8CBD0
text
#080D12
muted
#7B7E81

Preview Lab

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#196AA0 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva