#197E9E#197E9E

#197E9E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.176; OKLCH L 55.4% C 0.099 H 225.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#197E9E
RGB	rgb(25, 126, 158)
HSL	hsl(194, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 20.3%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.00, -15.93, -24.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.00, 29.58, 237.43°)
OKLab	oklab(55.37% -0.0693 -0.07)
OKLCH	oklch(55.37% 0.099 225.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.0307, 17.5952, 34.9978)
Luminance	0.1760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#197E9E #9E3919

analogous

#199E7B #197E9E #193B9E

triadic

#197E9E #9E197E #7E9E19

tetradic

#197E9E #7B199E #9E3919 #3B9E19

square

#197E9E #7B199E #9E3919 #3B9E19

split-complementary

#197E9E #9E193B #9E7B19

monochromatic

#082A34 #115469 #197E9E #21A8D3 #4EBFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.65

#197E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.52

#197E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #197E9E

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##197E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##197E9E	1.00	4.65	4.52	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.65	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C7BA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5B6F9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008789

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #197e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 126, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.4% 0.099 225.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa3ba',
    500: '#197e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #197e9e;
$custom-light: #6fa3ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#197e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 126,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.436,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55367,
    "c": 0.09854,
    "h": 225.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.17597
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#197E9E

secondary

#C56A4E

accent

#6438EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF3F6

border

#C8CDD0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #197E9E

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

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