#18485E#18485E

#18485E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.056; OKLCH L 38.0% C 0.063 H 231.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 9.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#18485E
RGB	rgb(24, 72, 94)
HSL	hsl(199, 59%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(199, 74%, 37%)
CMYK	cmyk(74.5%, 23.4%, 0%, 63.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(28.48, -8.01, -17.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(28.48, 19.39, 245.60°)
OKLab	oklab(38% -0.039 -0.0495)
OKLCH	oklch(38% 0.063 231.8)
XYZ	xyz(4.7136, 5.6365, 11.4270)
Luminance	0.0564 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#18485E #5E2E18

analogous

#185E51 #18485E #18255E

triadic

#18485E #5E1848 #485E18

tetradic

#18485E #51185E #5E2E18 #255E18

square

#18485E #51185E #5E2E18 #255E18

split-complementary

#18485E #5E1825 #5E5118

monochromatic

#061318 #0C232D #18485E #246D8F #3193C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

9.87

#18485E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.13

#18485E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #18485E

9.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##18485E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##18485E	1.00	9.87	2.13	9.87
#FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	9.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3D475F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33405E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004E4F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#434343

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #18485e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 72, 94);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(38.0% 0.063 231.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f7b8b',
    500: '#18485e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #18485e;
$custom-light: #5f7b8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#18485e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 72,
    "b": 94
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.857,
    "s": 59.322,
    "l": 23.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.37995,
    "c": 0.06309,
    "h": 231.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.05637
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#18485E

secondary

#94593D

accent

#7745E3

background

#F5F7F8

surface

#EAEDF0

border

#C6C8CB

text

#05090C

muted

#797B7D

Preview Lab

Preview with #18485E

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

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