#197ba6

Color #197ba6

A vivid, highly saturated dark cyan.

Closest named color Steel Blue #4682b4 · ΔE 8.47 Nearest Tailwind class cyan-700 #007595 · ΔE 4.7

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Conversions

HEX

#197ba6

RGB

rgb(25, 123, 166)

HSL

hsl(198.3, 73.8%, 37.5%)

HSV / HSB

hsv(198.3, 84.9%, 65.1%)

CMYK

cmyk(84.9%, 25.9%, 0%, 34.9%)

LAB

lab(48.42, -11.33, -30.51)

LCH

lch(48.42, 32.55, 249.63)

OKLCH

oklch(55%, 0.1071, 233.62)

HWB

hwb(198.3, 9.8%, 34.9%)

Harmony colors

Complementary

#a64419

Analogous

#19a68b

#197ba6

#1935a6

Triadic

#197ba6

#a6197b

#7ba619

Split-complementary

#197ba6

#a61935

#a68b19

Tetradic

#197ba6

#4419a6

#a64419

#7ba619

Square

#197ba6

#8b19a6

#a64419

#35a619

Shades

Color #197ba6 mixed toward black.

#15678a

#11526f

#0d3e53

#082937

#04151c

Tints

Color #197ba6 mixed toward white.

#209dd4

#46b3e3

#75c6ea

#a3d9f1

#d1ecf8

Tones

Color #197ba6 mixed toward gray.

#25779a

#31728f

#3c6d83

#486977

#54646b

Accessibility

Aa White text on this color

4.75:1

Aa Black text on this color

4.43:1

White text reads better on this background (4.75:1). That passes WCAG AA (≥4.5:1) for normal-size text, but not AAA.

Under color vision deficiencies

Protanopia

#55569d · ΔE 20.5

Deuteranopia

#50499b · ΔE 23.4

Tritanopia

#269594 · ΔE 18.8

Achromatopsia

#737373 · ΔE 19.4

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Code

CSS

background-color: #197ba6;

Tailwind (arbitrary value)

bg-[#197ba6]

Related colors

Sky Blue #87ceeb

Deep Sky Blue #00bfff

Light Blue #add8e6

Light Sky Blue #87cefa

Charcoal #36454f

Steel Blue #4682b4

Frequently asked questions

#197ba6 (#197ba6) is rgb(25, 123, 166) in RGB.

No, #197ba6 is not web-safe. The nearest web-safe colors are among its tones and shades below.

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