#196D8A#196D8A

#196D8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.088 H 226.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196D8A
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 138)
HSL	hsl(195, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 21%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.73, -13.57, -22.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.73, 26.55, 239.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.06% -0.0604 -0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(50.06% 0.088 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4551, 12.9776, 25.9937)
Luminance	0.1298 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196D8A #8A3619

analogous

#198A6F #196D8A #19358A

triadic

#196D8A #8A196D #6D8A19

tetradic

#196D8A #6F198A #8A3619 #358A19

square

#196D8A #6F198A #8A3619 #358A19

split-complementary

#196D8A #8A1935 #8A6F19

monochromatic

#061B22 #104456 #196D8A #2296BE #41B5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.84

#196D8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#196D8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D8A

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196D8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196D8A	1.00	5.84	3.60	5.84
#FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.84	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6B8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F608A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196d8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.088 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97ac',
    500: '#196d8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196d8a;
$custom-light: #6a97ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196d8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.398,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50055,
    "c": 0.0881,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196D8A

secondary

#BD6142

accent

#693CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196D8A

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

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