#196B6F#196B6F

#196B6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.119; OKLCH L 48.3% C 0.075 H 199.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B6F
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 111)
HSL	hsl(183, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 3.6%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.01, -21.89, -9.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.01, 23.72, 202.68°)
OKLab	oklab(48.31% -0.0701 -0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(48.31% 0.075 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.5266, 11.8687, 16.8774)
Luminance	0.1187 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B6F #6F1D19

analogous

#196F48 #196B6F #19406F

triadic

#196B6F #6F196B #6B6F19

tetradic

#196B6F #48196F #6F1D19 #406F19

square

#196B6F #48196F #6F1D19 #406F19

split-complementary

#196B6F #6F1940 #6F4819

monochromatic

#061819 #0E3B3D #196B6F #249BA1 #32C9D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.22

#196B6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.37

#196B6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B6F

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B6F	1.00	6.22	3.37	6.22
#FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.37	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.22	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#63666F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#565D6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#616161

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.3% 0.075 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669598',
    500: '#196b6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b6f;
$custom-light: #669598;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.791,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48314,
    "c": 0.07459,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B6F

secondary

#A4443F

accent

#4942E6

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B6F

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

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