#196D8F#196D8F

#196D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.3% C 0.093 H 230.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196D8F
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(197, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.95, -11.74, -25.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.95, 28.03, 245.25°)
OKLab	oklab(50.31% -0.0585 -0.0717)
OKLCH	oklch(50.31% 0.093 230.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8254, 13.1258, 27.9442)
Luminance	0.1313 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196D8F #8F3B19

analogous

#198F76 #196D8F #19328F

triadic

#196D8F #8F196D #6D8F19

tetradic

#196D8F #76198F #8F3B19 #328F19

square

#196D8F #76198F #8F3B19 #328F19

split-complementary

#196D8F #8F1932 #8F7619

monochromatic

#071E27 #10455B #196D8F #2295C3 #44B2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#196D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#196D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D8F

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196D8F	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.3% 0.093 230.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b96b0',
    500: '#196d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196d8f;
$custom-light: #6b96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.288,
    "s": 70.238,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50307,
    "c": 0.09254,
    "h": 230.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196D8F

secondary

#BF6844

accent

#6E3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196D8F

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

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