#196F8A#196F8A

#196F8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.087 H 224.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196F8A
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 69%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(194, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.9%, 19.6%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.37, -14.71, -21.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.37, 26.31, 236.00°)
OKLab	oklab(50.57% -0.0625 -0.0612)
OKLCH	oklch(50.57% 0.087 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.6709, 13.4092, 26.0657)
Luminance	0.1341 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196F8A #8A3419

analogous

#198A6D #196F8A #19378A

triadic

#196F8A #8A196F #6F8A19

tetradic

#196F8A #6D198A #8A3419 #378A19

square

#196F8A #6D198A #8A3419 #378A19

split-complementary

#196F8A #8A1937 #8A6D19

monochromatic

#061C22 #104556 #196F8A #2299BE #41B7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.70

#196F8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.68

#196F8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F8A

5.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196F8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196F8A	1.00	5.70	3.68	5.70
#FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.68	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196f8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.087 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98ac',
    500: '#196f8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196f8a;
$custom-light: #6a98ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196f8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.336,
    "s": 69.325,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50571,
    "c": 0.08745,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.13411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196F8A

secondary

#BD5F42

accent

#663CEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F8A

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

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