#196E9E#196E9E

#196E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.138; OKLCH L 51.4% C 0.108 H 239.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196E9E
RGB	rgb(25, 110, 158)
HSL	hsl(202, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(202, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 30.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.98, -6.70, -32.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.98, 33.44, 258.45°)
OKLab	oklab(51.36% -0.0542 -0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(51.36% 0.108 239.8)
XYZ	xyz(12.1459, 13.8256, 34.3696)
Luminance	0.1383 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196E9E #9E4919

analogous

#199E8B #196E9E #192B9E

triadic

#196E9E #9E196E #6E9E19

tetradic

#196E9E #8B199E #9E4919 #2B9E19

square

#196E9E #8B199E #9E4919 #2B9E19

split-complementary

#196E9E #9E192B #9E8B19

monochromatic

#082434 #114969 #196E9E #2193D3 #4EADE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.58

#196E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.77

#196E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196E9E

5.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196E9E	1.00	5.58	3.77	5.58
#FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.77	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.58	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#576FA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#45639D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007A7F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#686868

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 110, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.4% 0.108 239.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e97bb',
    500: '#196e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196e9e;
$custom-light: #6e97bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.654,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51361,
    "c": 0.10751,
    "h": 239.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196E9E

secondary

#C5794E

accent

#7A38EF

background

#F7F9FB

surface

#EDF2F6

border

#C8CCD0

text

#080D12

muted

#7B7E81

Preview Lab

Preview with #196E9E

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

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