#1296B4#1296B4

#1296B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.110 H 219.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1296B4
RGB	rgb(18, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 82%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(191, 90%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(90%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.30, -21.62, -24.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.30, 32.89, 228.91°)
OKLab	oklab(62.31% -0.085 -0.0695)
OKLCH	oklch(62.31% 0.11 219.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.3905, 25.2340, 47.0198)
Luminance	0.2524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1296B4 #B43012

analogous

#12B481 #1296B4 #1245B4

triadic

#1296B4 #B41296 #96B412

tetradic

#1296B4 #8112B4 #B43012 #45B412

square

#1296B4 #8112B4 #B43012 #45B412

split-complementary

#1296B4 #B41245 #B48112

monochromatic

#073945 #0C687C #1296B4 #1BC2E8 #53D1EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1296B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#1296B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1296B4

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1296B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1296B4	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)

#8392B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7083B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1296b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.110 219.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5ca',
    500: '#1296b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1296b4;
$custom-light: #74b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1296b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.111,
    "s": 81.818,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62312,
    "c": 0.10979,
    "h": 219.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1296B4

secondary

#D06952

accent

#5530F8

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1296B4

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

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