#196B8D#196B8D

#196B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.092 H 231.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B8D
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.22, -11.31, -25.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.22, 27.80, 245.99°)
OKLab	oklab(49.69% -0.0573 -0.0715)
OKLCH	oklch(49.69% 0.092 231.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.4644, 12.6439, 27.0831)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B8D #8D3B19

analogous

#198D75 #196B8D #19318D

triadic

#196B8D #8D196B #6B8D19

tetradic

#196B8D #75198D #8D3B19 #318D19

square

#196B8D #75198D #8D3B19 #318D19

split-complementary

#196B8D #8D1931 #8D7519

monochromatic

#071C25 #104459 #196B8D #2292C1 #43B0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#196B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#196B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B8D

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B8D	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.092 231.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ae',
    500: '#196b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b8d;
$custom-light: #6a95ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.586,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49693,
    "c": 0.09166,
    "h": 231.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12645
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B8D

secondary

#BF6743

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B8D

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

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