#196F8E#196F8E

#196F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.8% C 0.091 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#196F8E
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.55, -13.26, -23.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.55, 27.36, 241.02°)
OKLab	oklab(50.77% -0.0609 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(50.77% 0.091 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.9658, 13.5272, 27.6190)
Luminance	0.1353 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#196F8E #8E3819

analogous

#198E72 #196F8E #19358E

triadic

#196F8E #8E196F #6F8E19

tetradic

#196F8E #72198E #8E3819 #358E19

square

#196F8E #72198E #8E3819 #358E19

split-complementary

#196F8E #8E1935 #8E7219

monochromatic

#071E26 #10465A #196F8E #2298C2 #43B5DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.67

#196F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.71

#196F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F8E

5.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##196F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##196F8E	1.00	5.67	3.71	5.67
#FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.71	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.67	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5F6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #196f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.8% 0.091 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b98af',
    500: '#196f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #196f8e;
$custom-light: #6b98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#196f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 70.06,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50768,
    "c": 0.09075,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#196F8E

secondary

#BF6444

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F8E

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

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