#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
RGB	rgb(25, 106, 160)
HSL	hsl(204, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(204, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 33.7%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -3.51, -35.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 35.91, 264.40°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% -0.0499 -0.1016)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.113 243.9)
XYZ	xyz(11.8976, 13.0513, 35.1430)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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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
##196AA0	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #196AA0

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

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