#196F7E#196F7E

#196F7E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.0% C 0.080 H 212.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196F7E
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 126)
HSL	hsl(189, 67%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(189, 80%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.2%, 11.9%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.88, -18.96, -15.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.88, 24.41, 219.03°)
OKLab	oklab(50.02% -0.0675 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(50.02% 0.08 212.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.8496, 13.0807, 21.7403)
Luminance	0.1308 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196F7E #7E2819

analogous

#197E5B #196F7E #193D7E

triadic

#196F7E #7E196F #6F7E19

tetradic

#196F7E #5B197E #7E2819 #3D7E19

square

#196F7E #5B197E #7E2819 #3D7E19

split-complementary

#196F7E #7E193D #7E5B19

monochromatic

#05161A #0F424B #196F7E #239CB1 #3AC0D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#196F7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.62

#196F7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F7E

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196F7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196F7E	1.00	5.81	3.62	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#636B7F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#56617E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007574

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196f7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.0% 0.080 212.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6898a3',
    500: '#196f7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196f7e;
$custom-light: #6898a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196f7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.911,
    "s": 66.887,
    "l": 29.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50016,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 212.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196F7E

secondary

#B25141

accent

#583EEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F7E

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

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