#196B88#196B88

#196B88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.087 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B88
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 136)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 21.3%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -13.16, -22.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 26.28, 239.95°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% -0.0592 -0.0639)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.087 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1007, 12.4984, 25.1679)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B88 #883619

analogous

#19886E #196B88 #193488

triadic

#196B88 #88196B #6B8819

tetradic

#196B88 #6E1988 #883619 #348819

square

#196B88 #6E1988 #883619 #348819

split-complementary

#196B88 #881934 #886E19

monochromatic

#061A21 #0F4254 #196B88 #2394BC #40B3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#196B88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#196B88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B88

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B88	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6989

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007375

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.087 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95aa',
    500: '#196b88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b88;
$custom-light: #6a95aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.676,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4944,
    "c": 0.08713,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B88

secondary

#BB6141

accent

#6A3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B88

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

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