#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
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.91, -12.11, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.91, 27.71, 244.10°)
OKLab	oklab(50.26% -0.0589 -0.0702)
OKLCH	oklch(50.26% 0.092 230)
XYZ	xyz(10.7500, 13.0956, 27.5471)
Luminance	0.1310 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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
##196D8E	1.00	5.80	3.62	5.80
#FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.80	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview with #196D8E

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

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