#196C8E#196C8E

#196C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.129; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.092 H 231.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196C8E
RGB	rgb(25, 108, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 23.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.59, -11.53, -25.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.59, 27.92, 245.61°)
OKLab	oklab(50% -0.0579 -0.0716)
OKLCH	oklch(50% 0.092 231.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.6440, 12.8835, 27.5117)
Luminance	0.1288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196C8E #8E3B19

analogous

#198E75 #196C8E #19318E

triadic

#196C8E #8E196C #6C8E19

tetradic

#196C8E #75198E #8E3B19 #318E19

square

#196C8E #75198E #8E3B19 #318E19

split-complementary

#196C8E #8E1931 #8E7519

monochromatic

#071D26 #10445A #196C8E #2294C2 #43B1DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.87

#196C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.58

#196C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196C8E

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196C8E	1.00	5.87	3.58	5.87
#FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.58	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 108, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.092 231.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96af',
    500: '#196c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196c8e;
$custom-light: #6b96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.436,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5,
    "c": 0.0921,
    "h": 231.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.12885
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196C8E

secondary

#BF6844

accent

#6F3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196C8E

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

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