#196E8E#196E8E

#196E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.091 H 228.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E8E
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.23, -12.68, -24.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.23, 27.53, 242.56°)
OKLab	oklab(50.51% -0.0599 -0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(50.51% 0.091 228.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.8573, 13.3102, 27.5828)
Luminance	0.1331 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E8E #8E3919

analogous

#198E73 #196E8E #19348E

triadic

#196E8E #8E196E #6E8E19

tetradic

#196E8E #73198E #8E3919 #348E19

square

#196E8E #73198E #8E3919 #348E19

split-complementary

#196E8E #8E1934 #8E7319

monochromatic

#071D26 #10465A #196E8E #2296C2 #43B4DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.73

#196E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#196E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E8E

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E8E	1.00	5.73	3.66	5.73
#FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.091 228.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97af',
    500: '#196e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e8e;
$custom-light: #6b97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.41,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50512,
    "c": 0.09116,
    "h": 228.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E8E

secondary

#BF6544

accent

#6C3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E8E

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

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