#1996B4#1996B4

#1996B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.108 H 219.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1996B4
RGB	rgb(25, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(192, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.38, -21.18, -24.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.38, 32.51, 229.35°)
OKLab	oklab(62.4% -0.0834 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(62.4% 0.108 219.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5419, 25.3121, 47.0269)
Luminance	0.2531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1996B4 #B43719

analogous

#19B485 #1996B4 #1948B4

triadic

#1996B4 #B41996 #96B419

tetradic

#1996B4 #8519B4 #B43719 #48B419

square

#1996B4 #8519B4 #B43719 #48B419

split-complementary

#1996B4 #B41948 #B48519

monochromatic

#0A3C49 #12697E #1996B4 #29BEE1 #5FCEE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.46

#1996B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#1996B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1996B4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1996B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1996B4	1.00	3.46	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8492B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1996b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.108 219.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5ca',
    500: '#1996b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1996b4;
$custom-light: #75b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1996b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.613,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62395,
    "c": 0.10836,
    "h": 219.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25315
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1996B4

secondary

#CD725C

accent

#5A36F2

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1996B4

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

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