#196B5B#196B5B

#196B5B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.6% C 0.080 H 176.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B5B
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 91)
HSL	hsl(168, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(168, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 15%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.37, -28.08, 2.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.37, 28.16, 175.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.59% -0.0801 0.0051)
OKLCH	oklch(47.59% 0.08 176.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.5460, 11.4765, 11.7130)
Luminance	0.1148 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B5B #6B1929

analogous

#196B32 #196B5B #19526B

triadic

#196B5B #5B196B #6B5B19

tetradic

#196B5B #32196B #6B1929 #526B19

square

#196B5B #32196B #6B1929 #526B19

split-complementary

#196B5B #6B1952 #6B3219

monochromatic

#061915 #0D3931 #196B5B #259D85 #30CEAF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.37

#196B5B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.30

#196B5B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B5B

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B5B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B5B	1.00	6.37	3.30	6.37
#FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.30	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.37	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#67645A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5C5C5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D66

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b5b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.6% 0.080 176.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#649689',
    500: '#196b5b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b5b;
$custom-light: #649689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b5b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.293,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47586,
    "c": 0.08026,
    "h": 176.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.11477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B5B

secondary

#A13F52

accent

#4362E5

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0B

muted

#7A7E7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B5B

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

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