#196F9E#196F9E

#196F9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.140; OKLCH L 51.6% C 0.107 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#196F9E
RGBrgb(25, 111, 158)
HSLhsl(201, 73%, 36%)
HSVhsv(201, 84%, 62%)
CMYKcmyk(84.2%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LABlab(44.29, -7.29, -32.27)
CIE-LCHlch(44.29, 33.08, 257.26°)
OKLaboklab(51.61% -0.0551 -0.0914)
OKLCHoklch(51.61% 0.107 238.9)
XYZxyz(12.2544, 14.0426, 34.4057)
Luminance0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#196F9E #9E4819
analogous
#199E8A #196F9E #192C9E
triadic
#196F9E #9E196F #6F9E19
tetradic
#196F9E #8A199E #9E4819 #2C9E19
square
#196F9E #8A199E #9E4819 #2C9E19
split-complementary
#196F9E #9E192C #9E8A19
monochromatic
#082534 #114A69 #196F9E #2194D3 #4EAFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.51
#196F9E on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.81
#196F9E on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #196F9E
5.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##196F9E#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##196F9E1.005.513.815.51
#FFFFFF5.511.0021.001.00
#0000003.8121.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF5.511.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#596FA0
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#47639D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#007B7F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#696969

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #196f9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 111, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(51.6% 0.107 238.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e98bb',
    500: '#196f9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #196f9e;
$custom-light: #6e98bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#196f9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.203,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.51609,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.14044
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#196F9E
secondary
#C5784E
accent
#7938EF
background
#F7F9FB
surface
#EDF2F6
border
#C8CCD0
text
#080D11
muted
#7B7E80

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#196F9E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva