#196B8E#196B8E

#196B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.7% C 0.093 H 232.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B8E
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.27, -10.94, -25.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.27, 28.14, 247.12°)
OKLab	oklab(49.75% -0.0569 -0.0731)
OKLCH	oklch(49.75% 0.093 232.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.5391, 12.6737, 27.4768)
Luminance	0.1268 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B8E #8E3C19

analogous

#198E77 #196B8E #19308E

triadic

#196B8E #8E196B #6B8E19

tetradic

#196B8E #77198E #8E3C19 #308E19

square

#196B8E #77198E #8E3C19 #308E19

split-complementary

#196B8E #8E1930 #8E7719

monochromatic

#071D26 #10445A #196B8E #2292C2 #43B0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#196B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#196B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B8E

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B8E	1.00	5.94	3.54	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.7% 0.093 232.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b95af',
    500: '#196b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b8e;
$custom-light: #6b95af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.949,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49745,
    "c": 0.09262,
    "h": 232.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12675
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B8E

secondary

#BF6944

accent

#703BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B8E

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

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