#1996A0#1996A0

#1996A0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.100 H 203.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1996A0
RGB	rgb(25, 150, 160)
HSL	hsl(184, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 6.2%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -27.85, -14.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 31.35, 207.35°)
OKLab	oklab(61.55% -0.0918 -0.0401)
OKLCH	oklch(61.55% 0.1 203.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.6495, 24.5552, 37.0603)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1996A0 #A02319

analogous

#19A067 #1996A0 #1953A0

triadic

#1996A0 #A01996 #96A019

tetradic

#1996A0 #6719A0 #A02319 #53A019

square

#1996A0 #6719A0 #A02319 #53A019

split-complementary

#1996A0 #A01953 #A06719

monochromatic

#083336 #11646B #1996A0 #21C8D5 #50D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#1996A0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#1996A0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1996A0

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1996A0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1996A0	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898FA1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7782A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1996a0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 150, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.100 203.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b5bc',
    500: '#1996a0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1996a0;
$custom-light: #72b5bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1996a0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.444,
    "s": 72.973,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61553,
    "c": 0.10019,
    "h": 203.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1996A0

secondary

#C6584F

accent

#4638F0

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091112

muted

#7B8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1996A0

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

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