#196D7E#196D7E

#196D7E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.080 H 214.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196D7E
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 126)
HSL	hsl(190, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(190, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 13.5%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.23, -17.86, -16.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.23, 24.23, 222.50°)
OKLab	oklab(49.49% -0.0654 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(49.49% 0.08 214.9)
XYZ	xyz(9.6338, 12.6491, 21.6684)
Luminance	0.1265 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196D7E #7E2A19

analogous

#197E5D #196D7E #193B7E

triadic

#196D7E #7E196D #6D7E19

tetradic

#196D7E #5D197E #7E2A19 #3B7E19

square

#196D7E #5D197E #7E2A19 #3B7E19

split-complementary

#196D7E #7E193B #7E5D19

monochromatic

#05161A #0F414B #196D7E #2399B1 #3ABDD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.95

#196D7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#196D7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D7E

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196D7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196D7E	1.00	5.95	3.53	5.95
#FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.95	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#61697F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#545F7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007372

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196d7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.080 214.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6897a3',
    500: '#196d7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196d7e;
$custom-light: #6897a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196d7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.099,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49488,
    "c": 0.0798,
    "h": 214.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.1265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196D7E

secondary

#B25441

accent

#5B3EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196D7E

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

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