#196C5E#196C5E

#196C5E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.117; OKLCH L 48.0% C 0.080 H 178.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196C5E
RGBrgb(25, 108, 94)
HSLhsl(170, 62%, 26%)
HSVhsv(170, 77%, 42%)
CMYKcmyk(76.9%, 0%, 13%, 57.6%)
CIE-LABlab(40.80, -27.70, 0.87)
CIE-LCHlch(40.80, 27.71, 178.20°)
OKLaboklab(47.96% -0.0797 0.0019)
OKLCHoklch(47.96% 0.08 178.7)
XYZxyz(7.7828, 11.7390, 12.4432)
Luminance0.1174 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196C5E #6C1927
analogous
#196C34 #196C5E #19506C
triadic
#196C5E #5E196C #6C5E19
tetradic
#196C5E #34196C #6C1927 #506C19
square
#196C5E #34196C #6C1927 #506C19
split-complementary
#196C5E #6C1950 #6C3419
monochromatic
#061916 #0D3A33 #196C5E #259E89 #30CFB4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.27
#196C5E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.35
#196C5E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196C5E
6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196C5E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196C5E1.006.273.356.27
#FFFFFF6.271.0021.001.00
#0000003.3521.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.271.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#67655D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#5C5D5F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006E68
Achromatopsia (no color)
#606060

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196c5e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 108, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.0% 0.080 178.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64968b',
    500: '#196c5e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196c5e;
$custom-light: #64968b;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196c5e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.88,
    "s": 62.406,
    "l": 26.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47963,
    "c": 0.07969,
    "h": 178.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.1174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196C5E
secondary
#A13F50
accent
#425EE5
background
#F6F9F8
surface
#EBF2F0
border
#C6CCCB
text
#060D0C
muted
#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

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#196C5E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva