#196C8A#196C8A

#196C8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.8% C 0.088 H 227.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196C8A
RGB	rgb(25, 108, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 21.7%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.41, -13.00, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.41, 26.69, 240.85°)
OKLab	oklab(49.8% -0.0594 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(49.8% 0.088 227.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.3490, 12.7655, 25.9584)
Luminance	0.1277 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196C8A #8A3719

analogous

#198A70 #196C8A #19348A

triadic

#196C8A #8A196C #6C8A19

tetradic

#196C8A #70198A #8A3719 #348A19

square

#196C8A #70198A #8A3719 #348A19

split-complementary

#196C8A #8A1934 #8A7019

monochromatic

#061B22 #104356 #196C8A #2295BE #41B3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#196C8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#196C8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196C8A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196C8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196C8A	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6A8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007576

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196c8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 108, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.8% 0.088 227.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96ac',
    500: '#196c8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196c8a;
$custom-light: #6a96ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196c8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49797,
    "c": 0.08847,
    "h": 227.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.12767
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196C8A

secondary

#BD6242

accent

#6B3CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196C8A

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

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