#1698B4#1698B4

#1698B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.259; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 217.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1698B4
RGB	rgb(22, 152, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 78%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 88%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.8%, 15.6%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.96, -22.43, -23.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.96, 32.68, 226.67°)
OKLab	oklab(62.85% -0.086 -0.0666)
OKLCH	oklch(62.85% 0.109 217.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.7938, 25.9198, 47.1309)
Luminance	0.2592 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1698B4 #B43216

analogous

#16B481 #1698B4 #1649B4

triadic

#1698B4 #B41698 #98B416

tetradic

#1698B4 #8116B4 #B43216 #49B416

square

#1698B4 #8116B4 #B43216 #49B416

split-complementary

#1698B4 #B41649 #B48116

monochromatic

#093C47 #0F6A7D #1698B4 #23C2E4 #5AD1EB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.40

#1698B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.18

#1698B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1698B4

6.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1698B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1698B4	1.00	3.40	6.18	6.18
#FFFFFF	3.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8693B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7285B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1698b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(22, 152, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 217.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6ca',
    500: '#1698b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1698b4;
$custom-light: #75b6ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1698b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 22,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.633,
    "s": 78.218,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62854,
    "c": 0.10878,
    "h": 217.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25922
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1698B4

secondary

#CE6D58

accent

#5533F5

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1698B4

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

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