#196F8D#196F8D

#196F8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.090 H 227.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196F8D
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 21.3%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.50, -13.62, -23.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.50, 27.08, 239.80°)
OKLab	oklab(50.72% -0.0613 -0.0658)
OKLCH	oklch(50.72% 0.09 227)
XYZ	xyz(10.8911, 13.4973, 27.2254)
Luminance	0.1350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196F8D #8D3719

analogous

#198D71 #196F8D #19358D

triadic

#196F8D #8D196F #6F8D19

tetradic

#196F8D #71198D #8D3719 #358D19

square

#196F8D #71198D #8D3719 #358D19

split-complementary

#196F8D #8D1935 #8D7119

monochromatic

#071D25 #104659 #196F8D #2298C1 #43B6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#196F8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.70

#196F8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F8D

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196F8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196F8D	1.00	5.68	3.70	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50628D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196f8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.090 227.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b98ae',
    500: '#196f8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196f8d;
$custom-light: #6b98ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196f8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.517,
    "s": 69.88,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50718,
    "c": 0.08989,
    "h": 227
  },
  "luminance": 0.13499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196F8D

secondary

#BF6343

accent

#693BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F8D

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

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