#196E7A#196E7A

#196E7A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.078 H 209.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E7A
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 122)
HSL	hsl(187, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(187, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 9.8%, 0%, 52.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.40, -19.79, -13.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.40, 24.07, 214.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.58% -0.0682 -0.0381)
OKLCH	oklch(49.58% 0.078 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(9.4882, 12.7625, 20.3719)
Luminance	0.1276 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E7A #7A2519

analogous

#197A56 #196E7A #193E7A

triadic

#196E7A #7A196E #6E7A19

tetradic

#196E7A #56197A #7A2519 #3E7A19

square

#196E7A #56197A #7A2519 #3E7A19

split-complementary

#196E7A #7A193E #7A5619

monochromatic

#051719 #0F4047 #196E7A #239CAD #37C2D6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.91

#196E7A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.55

#196E7A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E7A

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E7A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E7A	1.00	5.91	3.55	5.91
#FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.55	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.91	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56607A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e7a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 122);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.078 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a0',
    500: '#196e7a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e7a;
$custom-light: #6898a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e7a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 122
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.423,
    "s": 65.986,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49577,
    "c": 0.07818,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12764
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E7A

secondary

#AF4E40

accent

#543FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#EBF2F2

border

#C6CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E7A

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

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