#196B8C#196B8C

#196B8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.091 H 230.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B8C
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 140)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 23.6%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, -11.68, -24.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 27.48, 244.83°)
OKLab	oklab(49.64% -0.0577 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(49.64% 0.091 230.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.3903, 12.6142, 26.6930)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B8C #8C3A19

analogous

#198C73 #196B8C #19328C

triadic

#196B8C #8C196B #6B8C19

tetradic

#196B8C #73198C #8C3A19 #328C19

square

#196B8C #73198C #8C3A19 #328C19

split-complementary

#196B8C #8C1932 #8C7319

monochromatic

#061C24 #104358 #196B8C #2293C0 #42B1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#196B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#196B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B8C

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B8C	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.091 230.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ad',
    500: '#196b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b8c;
$custom-light: #6a95ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.217,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49642,
    "c": 0.09072,
    "h": 230.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.12616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B8C

secondary

#BE6643

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B8C

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

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