The invention provides seed and plants of the bean line designated SVGN6196. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of bean line SVGN6196, and to methods for producing a bean plant produced by crossing a plant of bean line SVGN6196 with itself or with another bean plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of bean line SVGN6196, including the pods and gametes of such plants.