#184C9E#184C9E

#184C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.144 H 259.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#184C9E
RGB	rgb(24, 76, 158)
HSL	hsl(217, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 51.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.63, 15.08, -49.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.63, 51.54, 287.01°)
OKLab	oklab(43.27% -0.0261 -0.142)
OKLCH	oklch(43.27% 0.144 259.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.1304, 7.8306, 33.3714)
Luminance	0.0783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#184C9E #9E6A18

analogous

#188F9E #184C9E #27189E

triadic

#184C9E #9E184C #4C9E18

tetradic

#184C9E #9E188F #9E6A18 #189E27

square

#184C9E #9E188F #9E6A18 #189E27

split-complementary

#184C9E #9E2718 #8F9E18

monochromatic

#081934 #103269 #184C9E #2066D3 #4D87E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#184C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#184C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #184C9E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##184C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##184C9E	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1555A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #184c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 76, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.144 259.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dbb',
    500: '#184c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #184c9e;
$custom-light: #6e7dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#184c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.716,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43272,
    "c": 0.14438,
    "h": 259.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.07832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#184C9E

secondary

#C6974C

accent

#A938F0

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #184C9E

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

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