#196B5E#196B5E

#196B5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.115; OKLCH L 47.7% C 0.079 H 179.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B5E
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 94)
HSL	hsl(170, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(170, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 12.1%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.46, -27.21, 0.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.46, 27.21, 179.21°)
OKLab	oklab(47.69% -0.0785 0.0006)
OKLCH	oklch(47.69% 0.079 179.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.6780, 11.5293, 12.4082)
Luminance	0.1153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B5E #6B1926

analogous

#196B35 #196B5E #194F6B

triadic

#196B5E #5E196B #6B5E19

tetradic

#196B5E #35196B #6B1926 #4F6B19

square

#196B5E #35196B #6B1926 #4F6B19

split-complementary

#196B5E #6B194F #6B3519

monochromatic

#061916 #0D3932 #196B5E #259D8A #30CEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.35

#196B5E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.31

#196B5E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B5E

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B5E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B5E	1.00	6.35	3.31	6.35
#FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66645D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B5C5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D67

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5F5F5F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.7% 0.079 179.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64968b',
    500: '#196b5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b5e;
$custom-light: #64968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.488,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47685,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 179.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.1153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B5E

secondary

#A13F4F

accent

#435CE5

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B5E

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

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