#196E85#196E85

#196E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.084 H 220.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E85
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 133)
HSL	hsl(193, 68%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(193, 81%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 17.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.84, -15.95, -19.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.84, 25.30, 230.93°)
OKLab	oklab(50.07% -0.0635 -0.055)
OKLCH	oklch(50.07% 0.084 220.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.2087, 13.0507, 24.1668)
Luminance	0.1305 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E85 #853019

analogous

#198566 #196E85 #193885

triadic

#196E85 #85196E #6E8519

tetradic

#196E85 #661985 #853019 #388519

square

#196E85 #661985 #853019 #388519

split-complementary

#196E85 #851938 #856619

monochromatic

#06191E #0F4351 #196E85 #2399B9 #3EB9DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#196E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#196E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E85

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E85	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606B86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#526185

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007575

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.084 220.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997a8',
    500: '#196e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e85;
$custom-light: #6997a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.778,
    "s": 68.354,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50073,
    "c": 0.084,
    "h": 220.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E85

secondary

#B95B41

accent

#623DEB

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E85

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

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