#196F8B#196F8B

#196F8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.134; OKLCH L 50.6% C 0.088 H 225.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196F8B
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 139)
HSL	hsl(195, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 20.1%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.42, -14.35, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.42, 26.56, 237.29°)
OKLab	oklab(50.62% -0.0621 -0.0627)
OKLCH	oklch(50.62% 0.088 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7436, 13.4383, 26.4487)
Luminance	0.1344 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196F8B #8B3519

analogous

#198B6E #196F8B #19368B

triadic

#196F8B #8B196F #6F8B19

tetradic

#196F8B #6E198B #8B3519 #368B19

square

#196F8B #6E198B #8B3519 #368B19

split-complementary

#196F8B #8B1936 #8B6E19

monochromatic

#061C23 #104657 #196F8B #2298BF #41B7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.69

#196F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#196F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F8B

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196F8B	1.00	5.69	3.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#51628B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.6% 0.088 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98ad',
    500: '#196f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196f8b;
$custom-light: #6a98ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.737,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5062,
    "c": 0.08825,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.1344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196F8B

secondary

#BE6042

accent

#673BEC

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F8B

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

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