#196C7E#196C7E

#196C7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.124; OKLCH L 49.2% C 0.080 H 216.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196C7E
RGB	rgb(25, 108, 126)
HSL	hsl(191, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(191, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 14.3%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.90, -17.31, -16.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.90, 24.17, 224.26°)
OKLab	oklab(49.23% -0.0644 -0.0471)
OKLCH	oklch(49.23% 0.08 216.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.5278, 12.4370, 21.6330)
Luminance	0.1244 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196C7E #7E2B19

analogous

#197E5E #196C7E #193A7E

triadic

#196C7E #7E196C #6C7E19

tetradic

#196C7E #5E197E #7E2B19 #3A7E19

square

#196C7E #5E197E #7E2B19 #3A7E19

split-complementary

#196C7E #7E193A #7E5E19

monochromatic

#05161A #0F404B #196C7E #2398B1 #3ABCD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#196C7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#196C7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196C7E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196C7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196C7E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#60687F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007272

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196c7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 108, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.2% 0.080 216.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6896a3',
    500: '#196c7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196c7e;
$custom-light: #6896a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196c7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.693,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49225,
    "c": 0.07978,
    "h": 216.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12438
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196C7E

secondary

#B25541

accent

#5D3EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196C7E

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

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