#196B87#196B87

#196B87 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.086 H 226.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B87
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 135)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(195, 81%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 20.7%, 0%, 47.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.95, -13.52, -22.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.95, 26.00, 238.67°)
OKLab	oklab(49.39% -0.0596 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(49.39% 0.086 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.0300, 12.4701, 24.7953)
Luminance	0.1247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B87 #873519

analogous

#19876C #196B87 #193487

triadic

#196B87 #87196B #6B8719

tetradic

#196B87 #6C1987 #873519 #348719

square

#196B87 #6C1987 #873519 #348719

split-complementary

#196B87 #871934 #876C19

monochromatic

#061920 #0F4253 #196B87 #2394BB #3FB4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.01

#196B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#196B87 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B87

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B87	1.00	6.01	3.49	6.01
#FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.01	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6988

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5E87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007374

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.086 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995aa',
    500: '#196b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b87;
$custom-light: #6995aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.273,
    "s": 68.75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4939,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B87

secondary

#BA6041

accent

#693CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B87

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

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