#196D8D#196D8D

#196D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.091 H 229.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196D8D
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.86, -12.48, -24.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.86, 27.41, 242.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% -0.0593 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.091 229.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.6753, 13.0657, 27.1534)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196D8D #8D3919

analogous

#198D73 #196D8D #19338D

triadic

#196D8D #8D196D #6D8D19

tetradic

#196D8D #73198D #8D3919 #338D19

square

#196D8D #73198D #8D3919 #338D19

split-complementary

#196D8D #8D1933 #8D7319

monochromatic

#071D25 #104559 #196D8D #2295C1 #43B3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#196D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#196D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D8D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196D8D	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.091 229.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96ae',
    500: '#196d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196d8d;
$custom-light: #6b96ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.552,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50205,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 229.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196D8D

secondary

#BF6543

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196D8D

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

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