#196B7E#196B7E

#196B7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.122; OKLCH L 49.0% C 0.080 H 217.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B7E
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 15.1%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.58, -16.76, -17.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.58, 24.14, 226.03°)
OKLab	oklab(48.96% -0.0633 -0.0485)
OKLCH	oklch(48.96% 0.08 217.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.4229, 12.2273, 21.5981)
Luminance	0.1223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B7E #7E2C19

analogous

#197E5F #196B7E #19397E

triadic

#196B7E #7E196B #6B7E19

tetradic

#196B7E #5F197E #7E2C19 #397E19

square

#196B7E #5F197E #7E2C19 #397E19

split-complementary

#196B7E #7E1939 #7E5F19

monochromatic

#05161A #0F404B #196B7E #2396B1 #3ABAD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.09

#196B7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#196B7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B7E

6.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B7E	1.00	6.09	3.45	6.09
#FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#515E7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007271

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.0% 0.080 217.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6895a3',
    500: '#196b7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b7e;
$custom-light: #6895a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.287,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48961,
    "c": 0.0798,
    "h": 217.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B7E

secondary

#B25641

accent

#5E3EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F3

border

#C7CBCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B7E

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

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