#1796B4#1796B4

#1796B4 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.109 H 219.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1796B4
RGB	rgb(23, 150, 180)
HSL	hsl(191, 77%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(191, 87%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.2%, 16.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.35, -21.32, -24.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.35, 32.63, 229.21°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0839 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.109 219.5)
XYZ	xyz(19.4944, 25.2876, 47.0247)
Luminance	0.2529 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1796B4 #B43517

analogous

#17B484 #1796B4 #1748B4

triadic

#1796B4 #B41796 #96B417

tetradic

#1796B4 #8417B4 #B43517 #48B417

square

#1796B4 #8417B4 #B43517 #48B417

split-complementary

#1796B4 #B41748 #B48417

monochromatic

#093C47 #10697E #1796B4 #25BFE3 #5BCFEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1796B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#1796B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1796B4

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1796B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1796B4	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8392B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7084B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A0A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1796b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(23, 150, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.109 219.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b5ca',
    500: '#1796b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1796b4;
$custom-light: #75b5ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1796b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 23,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.465,
    "s": 77.34,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62369,
    "c": 0.1088,
    "h": 219.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.2529
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1796B4

secondary

#CE6F59

accent

#5934F4

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1796B4

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

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