#196E7B#196E7B

#196E7B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.079 H 210.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E7B
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 123)
HSL	hsl(188, 66%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(188, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 10.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.44, -19.45, -14.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.44, 24.11, 216.21°)
OKLab	oklab(49.62% -0.0678 -0.0397)
OKLCH	oklch(49.62% 0.079 210.3)
XYZ	xyz(9.5504, 12.7874, 20.6999)
Luminance	0.1279 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E7B #7B2619

analogous

#197B57 #196E7B #193D7B

triadic

#196E7B #7B196E #6E7B19

tetradic

#196E7B #57197B #7B2619 #3D7B19

square

#196E7B #57197B #7B2619 #3D7B19

split-complementary

#196E7B #7B193D #7B5719

monochromatic

#051719 #0F4148 #196E7B #239BAE #38C1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#196E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#196E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E7B

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E7B	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636A7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56607B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007472

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.079 210.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a1',
    500: '#196e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e7b;
$custom-light: #6898a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.959,
    "s": 66.216,
    "l": 29.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4962,
    "c": 0.07855,
    "h": 210.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.12789
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E7B

secondary

#AF4F40

accent

#553FE9

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#070D0E

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E7B

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

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