#196B7B#196B7B

#196B7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.8% C 0.078 H 214.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196B7B
RGBrgb(25, 107, 123)
HSLhsl(190, 66%, 29%)
HSVhsv(190, 80%, 48%)
CMYKcmyk(79.7%, 13%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LABlab(41.46, -17.81, -15.74)
CIE-LCHlch(41.46, 23.77, 221.47°)
OKLaboklab(48.83% -0.0646 -0.0439)
OKLCHoklch(48.83% 0.078 214.2)
XYZxyz(9.2322, 12.1510, 20.5939)
Luminance0.1215 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196B7B #7B2919
analogous
#197B5A #196B7B #193A7B
triadic
#196B7B #7B196B #6B7B19
tetradic
#196B7B #5A197B #7B2919 #3A7B19
square
#196B7B #5A197B #7B2919 #3A7B19
split-complementary
#196B7B #7B193A #7B5A19
monochromatic
#051619 #0F3F48 #196B7B #2397AE #38BDD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.12
#196B7B on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.43
#196B7B on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B7B
6.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196B7B#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196B7B1.006.123.436.12
#FFFFFF6.121.0021.001.00
#0000003.4321.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.121.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5F677C
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#525E7B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007170
Achromatopsia (no color)
#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196b7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.8% 0.078 214.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6795a1',
    500: '#196b7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196b7b;
$custom-light: #6795a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196b7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.796,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48825,
    "c": 0.07815,
    "h": 214.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196B7B
secondary
#AF5240
accent
#5A3FE9
background
#F6F9F9
surface
#EBF1F2
border
#C6CBCC
text
#070D0F
muted
#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

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#196B7B Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva