#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
RGB	rgb(25, 111, 158)
HSL	hsl(201, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(201, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 29.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(44.29, -7.29, -32.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(44.29, 33.08, 257.26°)
OKLab	oklab(51.61% -0.0551 -0.0914)
OKLCH	oklch(51.61% 0.107 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(12.2544, 14.0426, 34.4057)
Luminance	0.1404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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
##196F9E	1.00	5.51	3.81	5.51
#FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.51	1.00	21.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #196F9E

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

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