#196B7D#196B7D

#196B7D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 48.9% C 0.079 H 216.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B7D
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 125)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 14.4%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.53, -17.11, -16.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.53, 24.00, 224.53°)
OKLab	oklab(48.92% -0.0638 -0.047)
OKLCH	oklch(48.92% 0.079 216.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.3587, 12.2016, 21.2600)
Luminance	0.1220 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B7D #7D2B19

analogous

#197D5D #196B7D #19397D

triadic

#196B7D #7D196B #6B7D19

tetradic

#196B7D #5D197D #7D2B19 #397D19

square

#196B7D #5D197D #7D2B19 #397D19

split-complementary

#196B7D #7D1939 #7D5D19

monochromatic

#05161A #0F3F4A #196B7D #2397B0 #39BBD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.10

#196B7D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.44

#196B7D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B7D

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B7D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B7D	1.00	6.10	3.44	6.10
#FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F687E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525E7D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007171

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b7d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.9% 0.079 216.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6895a2',
    500: '#196b7d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b7d;
$custom-light: #6895a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b7d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.8,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48915,
    "c": 0.07922,
    "h": 216.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12203
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B7D

secondary

#B15540

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#EBF1F3

border

#C6CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B7D

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

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