#196E63#196E63

#196E63 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.123; OKLCH L 48.7% C 0.079 H 182.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E63
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 99)
HSL	hsl(172, 63%, 26%)
HSV	hsv(172, 77%, 43%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 0%, 10%, 56.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.62, -27.19, -0.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.62, 27.21, 182.00°)
OKLab	oklab(48.69% -0.0793 -0.003)
OKLCH	oklch(48.69% 0.079 182.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.2279, 12.2584, 13.7344)
Luminance	0.1226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E63 #6E1924

analogous

#196E39 #196E63 #194F6E

triadic

#196E63 #63196E #6E6319

tetradic

#196E63 #39196E #6E1924 #4F6E19

square

#196E63 #39196E #6E1924 #4F6E19

split-complementary

#196E63 #6E194F #6E3919

monochromatic

#061916 #0E3C36 #196E63 #24A090 #31D0BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.08

#196E63 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.45

#196E63 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E63

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E63	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E63	1.00	6.08	3.45	6.08
#FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.45	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.08	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#696763

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5D5F64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00706B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#626262

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e63;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(48.7% 0.079 182.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#65988f',
    500: '#196e63',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e63;
$custom-light: #65988f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e63",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.235,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 26.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.48686,
    "c": 0.07938,
    "h": 182.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12259
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E63

secondary

#A33F4C

accent

#4257E6

background

#F6F9F8

surface

#EBF2F0

border

#C6CCCB

text

#060D0C

muted

#7A7E7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E63

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

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