#196E8D#196E8D

#196E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.090 H 228.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E8D
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.18, -13.05, -23.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.18, 27.24, 241.37°)
OKLab	oklab(50.46% -0.0603 -0.0672)
OKLCH	oklch(50.46% 0.09 228.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7826, 13.2803, 27.1892)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E8D #8D3819

analogous

#198D72 #196E8D #19348D

triadic

#196E8D #8D196E #6E8D19

tetradic

#196E8D #72198D #8D3819 #348D19

square

#196E8D #72198D #8D3819 #348D19

split-complementary

#196E8D #8D1934 #8D7219

monochromatic

#071D25 #104559 #196E8D #2297C1 #43B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#196E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#196E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E8D

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E8D	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.090 228.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97ae',
    500: '#196e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e8d;
$custom-light: #6b97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.034,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50461,
    "c": 0.09028,
    "h": 228.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E8D

secondary

#BF6443

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E8D

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

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