#196D8E#196D8E

#196D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.092 H 230.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196D8E
RGBrgb(25, 109, 142)
HSLhsl(197, 70%, 33%)
HSVhsv(197, 82%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(82.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(42.91, -12.11, -24.93)
CIE-LCHlch(42.91, 27.71, 244.10°)
OKLaboklab(50.26% -0.0589 -0.0702)
OKLCHoklch(50.26% 0.092 230)
XYZxyz(10.7500, 13.0956, 27.5471)
Luminance0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196D8E #8E3A19
analogous
#198E74 #196D8E #19328E
triadic
#196D8E #8E196D #6D8E19
tetradic
#196D8E #74198E #8E3A19 #328E19
square
#196D8E #74198E #8E3A19 #328E19
split-complementary
#196D8E #8E1932 #8E7419
monochromatic
#071D26 #10455A #196D8E #2295C2 #43B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.80
#196D8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62
#196D8E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D8E
5.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196D8E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196D8E1.005.803.625.80
#FFFFFF5.801.0021.001.00
#0000003.6221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.801.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#5C6B90
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#4D618E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007678
Achromatopsia (no color)
#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.092 230.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96af',
    500: '#196d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196d8e;
$custom-light: #6b96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.923,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50256,
    "c": 0.09161,
    "h": 230
  },
  "luminance": 0.13097
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196D8E
secondary
#BF6744
accent
#6D3BED
background
#F6F9FA
surface
#ECF2F4
border
#C7CCCE
text
#080D10
muted
#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

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#196D8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva