#196c6f

Color #196c6f

A moderately saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Teal #008080 · ΔE 9.44 Nearest Tailwind class teal-800 #005f5a · ΔE 6.1

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Conversions

HEX

#196c6f

RGB

rgb(25, 108, 111)

HSL

hsl(182.1, 63.2%, 26.7%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(182.1, 77.5%, 43.5%)

CMYK

cmyk(77.5%, 2.7%, 0%, 56.5%)

LAB

lab(41.34, -22.42, -8.65)

LCH

lch(41.34, 24.03, 201.1)

OKLCH

oklch(48.6%, 0.0751, 198.63)

HWB

hwb(182.1, 9.8%, 56.5%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#6f1c19

Analogous

#196f47

#196c6f

#19416f

Triadic

#196c6f

#6f196c

#6c6f19

Split-complementary

#196c6f

#6f1941

#6f4719

Tetradic

#196c6f

#1c196f

#6f1c19

#6c6f19

Square

#196c6f

#47196f

#6f1c19

#416f19

Shades

Color #196c6f mixed toward black.

#155a5d

#11484a

#0d3638

#082425

#041213

Tints

Color #196c6f mixed toward white.

#259ea2

#34ccd1

#66d8dd

#99e5e8

#ccf2f4

Tones

Color #196c6f mixed toward gray.

#206568

#275f61

#2f585a

#365152

#3d4b4b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

6.15:1

Aa Black text on this color

3.42:1

White text reads better on this background (6.15:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#4b4c6e · ΔE 26.4

Deuteranopia

#47406e · ΔE 29.3

Tritanopia

#236e6e · ΔE 1.5

Achromatopsia

#616161 · ΔE 19.2

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Code

CSS

background-color: #196c6f;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#196c6f]

Related colors

Cadet Blue #5f9ea0

Dark Turquoise #00ced1

Aqua #00ffff

Azure #f0ffff

Dark Cyan #008b8b

Dark Slate Gray #2f4f4f

Frequently asked questions

#196c6f (#196c6f) is rgb(25, 108, 111) in RGB.

No, #196c6f is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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