#196B8F#196B8F

#196B8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.094 H 232.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196B8F
RGB	rgb(25, 107, 143)
HSL	hsl(198, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 25.2%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.31, -10.57, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.31, 28.48, 248.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% -0.0565 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.094 232.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.6145, 12.7039, 27.8739)
Luminance	0.1270 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196B8F #8F3D19

analogous

#198F78 #196B8F #19308F

triadic

#196B8F #8F196B #6B8F19

tetradic

#196B8F #78198F #8F3D19 #308F19

square

#196B8F #78198F #8F3D19 #308F19

split-complementary

#196B8F #8F1930 #8F7819

monochromatic

#071D27 #10445B #196B8F #2292C3 #44AFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.93

#196B8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.54

#196B8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196B8F

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196B8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196B8F	1.00	5.93	3.54	5.93
#FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.54	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196b8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 107, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.094 232.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b95b0',
    500: '#196b8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196b8f;
$custom-light: #6b95b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196b8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49797,
    "c": 0.09361,
    "h": 232.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196B8F

secondary

#BF6A44

accent

#713BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196B8F

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

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