#196E8C#196E8C

#196E8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.089 H 227.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E8C
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 140)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 21.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, -13.42, -23.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 26.95, 240.14°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% -0.0607 -0.0657)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.089 227.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7085, 13.2507, 26.7991)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E8C #8C3719

analogous

#198C70 #196E8C #19358C

triadic

#196E8C #8C196E #6E8C19

tetradic

#196E8C #70198C #8C3719 #358C19

square

#196E8C #70198C #8C3719 #358C19

split-complementary

#196E8C #8C1935 #8C7019

monochromatic

#061C24 #104558 #196E8C #2297C0 #42B5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#196E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#196E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E8C

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E8C	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.089 227.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97ad',
    500: '#196e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e8c;
$custom-light: #6b97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.652,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50412,
    "c": 0.08942,
    "h": 227.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E8C

secondary

#BE6343

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E8C

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

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