#196D9E#196D9E

#196D9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.136; OKLCH L 51.1% C 0.108 H 240.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196D9E
RGB	rgb(25, 109, 158)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 31%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.67, -6.10, -33.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.67, 33.80, 259.61°)
OKLab	oklab(51.11% -0.0532 -0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(51.11% 0.108 240.6)
XYZ	xyz(12.0386, 13.6111, 34.3338)
Luminance	0.1361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196D9E #9E4A19

analogous

#199E8C #196D9E #192A9E

triadic

#196D9E #9E196D #6D9E19

tetradic

#196D9E #8C199E #9E4A19 #2A9E19

square

#196D9E #8C199E #9E4A19 #2A9E19

split-complementary

#196D9E #9E192A #9E8C19

monochromatic

#082434 #114969 #196D9E #2191D3 #4EACE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.64

#196D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.72

#196D9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196D9E

5.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196D9E	1.00	5.64	3.72	5.64
#FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.72	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.64	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#566EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#44629D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00797E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 109, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.1% 0.108 240.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e96bb',
    500: '#196d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196d9e;
$custom-light: #6e96bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 202.105,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51114,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 240.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.13613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196D9E

secondary

#C57A4E

accent

#7C38EF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #196D9E

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

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