#196E88#196E88

#196E88 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.086 H 223.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E88
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 136)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 82%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 19.1%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.97, -14.87, -21.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.97, 25.93, 235.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% -0.0623 -0.0596)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.086 223.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.4189, 13.1348, 25.2739)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E88 #883319

analogous

#19886B #196E88 #193788

triadic

#196E88 #88196E #6E8819

tetradic

#196E88 #6B1988 #883319 #378819

square

#196E88 #6B1988 #883319 #378819

split-complementary

#196E88 #881937 #886B19

monochromatic

#061A21 #0F4454 #196E88 #2398BC #40B7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#196E88 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#196E88 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E88

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E88	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E88	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6B89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#516188

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007676

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e88;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.086 223.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97aa',
    500: '#196e88',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e88;
$custom-light: #6a97aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e88",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.054,
    "s": 68.944,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50216,
    "c": 0.08618,
    "h": 223.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E88

secondary

#BB5E41

accent

#653CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E88

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

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