#1796B3#1796B3

#1796B3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.108 H 218.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1796B3
RGB	rgb(23, 150, 179)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 87%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 16.2%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -21.66, -24.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 32.47, 228.17°)
OKLab	oklab(62.32% -0.0843 -0.0678)
OKLCH	oklch(62.32% 0.108 218.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.3929, 25.2470, 46.4901)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1796B3 #B33417

analogous

#17B382 #1796B3 #1748B3

triadic

#1796B3 #B31796 #96B317

tetradic

#1796B3 #8217B3 #B33417 #48B317

square

#1796B3 #8217B3 #B33417 #48B317

split-complementary

#1796B3 #B31748 #B38217

monochromatic

#093B47 #10697D #1796B3 #24BFE3 #5BCFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1796B3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#1796B3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1796B3

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1796B3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1796B3	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)

#8492B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A09F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1796b3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 150, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.108 218.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b5c9',
    500: '#1796b3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1796b3;
$custom-light: #74b5c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1796b3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.154,
    "s": 77.228,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62324,
    "c": 0.1082,
    "h": 218.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1796B3

secondary

#CD6E58

accent

#5834F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1796B3

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

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