#196B6A#196B6A

#196B6A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.1% C 0.075 H 193.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B6A
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 106)
HSL	hsl(179, 62%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(179, 77%, 42%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.6%, 0%, 0.9%, 58%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.83, -23.52, -6.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.83, 24.36, 195.15°)
OKLab	oklab(48.12% -0.0725 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(48.12% 0.075 193.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.2589, 11.7617, 15.4678)
Luminance	0.1176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B6A #6B191A

analogous

#196B41 #196B6A #19436B

triadic

#196B6A #6A196B #6B6A19

tetradic

#196B6A #41196B #6B191A #436B19

square

#196B6A #41196B #6B191A #436B19

split-complementary

#196B6A #6B1943 #6B4119

monochromatic

#061919 #0D3939 #196B6A #259D9B #30CECC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.26

#196B6A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35

#196B6A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B6A

6.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B6A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B6A	1.00	6.26	3.35	6.26
#FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.35	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#64656A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#585D6B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006E6A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b6a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 106);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.1% 0.075 193.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#659694',
    500: '#196b6a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b6a;
$custom-light: #659694;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b6a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 106
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.268,
    "s": 62.121,
    "l": 25.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48117,
    "c": 0.07466,
    "h": 193.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B6A

secondary

#A13F40

accent

#4345E5

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F1

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B6A

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

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