#1494B4#1494B4

#1494B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.110 H 221.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1494B4
RGB	rgb(20, 148, 180)
HSL	hsl(192, 80%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(192, 89%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.9%, 17.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.70, -20.45, -25.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.70, 32.85, 231.50°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0827 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.11 221.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.1131, 24.6213, 46.9162)
Luminance	0.2462 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1494B4 #B43414

analogous

#14B484 #1494B4 #1444B4

triadic

#1494B4 #B41494 #94B414

tetradic

#1494B4 #8414B4 #B43414 #44B414

square

#1494B4 #8414B4 #B43414 #44B414

split-complementary

#1494B4 #B41444 #B48414

monochromatic

#083946 #0E677D #1494B4 #1FBEE6 #56CEEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#1494B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#1494B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1494B4

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1494B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1494B4	1.00	3.54	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8190B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D82B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1494b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 148, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.110 221.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b3ca',
    500: '#1494b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1494b4;
$custom-light: #74b3ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1494b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192,
    "s": 80,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61836,
    "c": 0.10977,
    "h": 221.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24624
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1494B4

secondary

#CF6D55

accent

#5931F6

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1494B4

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

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