#196B6E#196B6E

#196B6E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.118; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.075 H 198.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B6E
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 110)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(40.97, -22.22, -8.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(40.97, 23.82, 201.14°)
OKLab	oklab(48.27% -0.0706 -0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(48.27% 0.075 198.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.4718, 11.8468, 16.5890)
Luminance	0.1185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B6E #6E1C19

analogous

#196E47 #196B6E #19416E

triadic

#196B6E #6E196B #6B6E19

tetradic

#196B6E #47196E #6E1C19 #416E19

square

#196B6E #47196E #6E1C19 #416E19

split-complementary

#196B6E #6E1941 #6E4719

monochromatic

#061819 #0E3A3C #196B6E #249CA0 #31CBD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.23

#196B6E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#196B6E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B6E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B6E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B6E	1.00	6.23	3.37	6.23
#FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.23	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#575D6E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b6e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 110);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.075 198.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669597',
    500: '#196b6e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b6e;
$custom-light: #669597;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b6e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 110
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.118,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48274,
    "c": 0.07453,
    "h": 198.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.11848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B6E

secondary

#A3433F

accent

#4842E6

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B6E

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

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