#1996B3#1996B3

#1996B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.108 H 218.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1996B3
RGB	rgb(25, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 86%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.34, -21.52, -24.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.34, 32.35, 228.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.35% -0.0838 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(62.35% 0.108 218.9)
XYZ	xyz(19.4404, 25.2715, 46.4924)
Luminance	0.2527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1996B3 #B33619

analogous

#19B383 #1996B3 #1949B3

triadic

#1996B3 #B31996 #96B319

tetradic

#1996B3 #8319B3 #B33619 #49B319

square

#1996B3 #8319B3 #B33619 #49B319

split-complementary

#1996B3 #B31949 #B38319

monochromatic

#0A3C48 #12697D #1996B3 #28BEE1 #5ECEE8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1996B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#1996B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1996B3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1996B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1996B3	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1996b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.108 218.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5c9',
    500: '#1996b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1996b3;
$custom-light: #75b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1996b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.299,
    "s": 75.49,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6235,
    "c": 0.10774,
    "h": 218.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1996B3

secondary

#CC715B

accent

#5936F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1996B3

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

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