#196C9E#196C9E

#196C9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.9% C 0.109 H 241.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196C9E
RGB	rgb(25, 108, 158)
HSL	hsl(203, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(203, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 31.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.36, -5.49, -33.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.36, 34.18, 260.75°)
OKLab	oklab(50.87% -0.0523 -0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(50.87% 0.109 241.4)
XYZ	xyz(11.9326, 13.3989, 34.2985)
Luminance	0.1340 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196C9E #9E4B19

analogous

#199E8D #196C9E #192A9E

triadic

#196C9E #9E196C #6C9E19

tetradic

#196C9E #8D199E #9E4B19 #2A9E19

square

#196C9E #8D199E #9E4B19 #2A9E19

split-complementary

#196C9E #9E192A #9E8D19

monochromatic

#082434 #114869 #196C9E #2190D3 #4EABE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.71

#196C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#196C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196C9E

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196C9E	1.00	5.71	3.68	5.71
#FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.71	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#546DA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42619D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00787E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 108, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.9% 0.109 241.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e95bb',
    500: '#196c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196c9e;
$custom-light: #6e95bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.556,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50867,
    "c": 0.10912,
    "h": 241.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.134
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196C9E

secondary

#C57B4E

accent

#7D38EF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF1F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #196C9E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →