#196E6F#196E6F

#196E6F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.1% C 0.076 H 196.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E6F
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 111)
HSL	hsl(181, 63%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(181, 77%, 44%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.5%, 0.9%, 0%, 56.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.01, -23.46, -7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.01, 24.67, 198.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.13% -0.0734 -0.0213)
OKLCH	oklch(49.13% 0.076 196.2)
XYZ	xyz(8.8448, 12.5052, 16.9834)
Luminance	0.1251 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E6F #6F1A19

analogous

#196F45 #196E6F #19436F

triadic

#196E6F #6F196E #6E6F19

tetradic

#196E6F #45196F #6F1A19 #436F19

square

#196E6F #45196F #6F1A19 #436F19

split-complementary

#196E6F #6F1943 #6F4519

monochromatic

#061919 #0E3D3D #196E6F #24A0A1 #32CFD1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#196E6F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#196E6F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E6F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E6F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E6F	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#66686F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5A5F70

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00726E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e6f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 111);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.1% 0.076 196.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#669898',
    500: '#196e6f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e6f;
$custom-light: #669898;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e6f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 111
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.698,
    "s": 63.235,
    "l": 26.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49126,
    "c": 0.07639,
    "h": 196.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12506
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E6F

secondary

#A4413F

accent

#4342E6

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0D

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E6F

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

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