#184A9F#184A9F

#184A9F is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.148 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#184A9F
RGB	rgb(24, 74, 159)
HSL	hsl(218, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 53.5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.12, 16.85, -50.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.12, 53.43, 288.38°)
OKLab	oklab(42.91% -0.0245 -0.1462)
OKLCH	oklch(42.91% 0.148 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0812, 7.5938, 33.7813)
Luminance	0.0760 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#184A9F #9F6D18

analogous

#188D9F #184A9F #2A189F

triadic

#184A9F #9F184A #4A9F18

tetradic

#184A9F #9F188D #9F6D18 #189F2A

square

#184A9F #9F188D #9F6D18 #189F2A

split-complementary

#184A9F #9F2A18 #8D9F18

monochromatic

#081935 #10316A #184A9F #2063D4 #4D85E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.34

#184A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.52

#184A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #184A9F

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##184A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##184A9F	1.00	8.34	2.52	8.34
#FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.34	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0854A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #184a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 74, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.148 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7bbc',
    500: '#184a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #184a9f;
$custom-light: #6e7bbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#184a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.778,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4291,
    "c": 0.14828,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#184A9F

secondary

#C6994D

accent

#AC37F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#090912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #184A9F

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

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