#184E8B#184E8B

#184E8B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.3% C 0.116 H 254.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#184E8B
RGB	rgb(24, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(212, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.93, 5.99, -38.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.93, 39.31, 278.76°)
OKLab	oklab(42.32% -0.0311 -0.1113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.32% 0.116 254.4)
XYZ	xyz(7.7595, 7.5061, 25.4610)
Luminance	0.0751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#184E8B #8B5518

analogous

#18888B #184E8B #1C188B

triadic

#184E8B #8B184E #4E8B18

tetradic

#184E8B #8B1888 #8B5518 #188B1C

square

#184E8B #8B1888 #8B5518 #188B1C

split-complementary

#184E8B #8B1C18 #888B18

monochromatic

#061323 #0F3157 #184E8B #216BBF #3F8ADE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.40

#184E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#184E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #184E8B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##184E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##184E8B	1.00	8.40	2.50	8.40
#FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.40	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #184e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.3% 0.116 254.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fad',
    500: '#184e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #184e8b;
$custom-light: #697fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#184e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 211.826,
    "s": 70.552,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42322,
    "c": 0.11554,
    "h": 254.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.07507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#184E8B

secondary

#BE8340

accent

#993AED

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #184E8B

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

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