#185A7E#185A7E

#185A7E is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.090; OKLCH L 44.5% C 0.087 H 237.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A7E
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 126)
HSL	hsl(201, 68%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(201, 81%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 28.6%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.01, -6.91, -26.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.01, 26.90, 255.11°)
OKLab	oklab(44.5% -0.0462 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(44.5% 0.087 237.8)
XYZ	xyz(7.7973, 9.0119, 21.0631)
Luminance	0.0901 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A7E #7E3C18

analogous

#187E6F #185A7E #18277E

triadic

#185A7E #7E185A #5A7E18

tetradic

#185A7E #6F187E #7E3C18 #277E18

square

#185A7E #6F187E #7E3C18 #277E18

split-complementary

#185A7E #7E1827 #7E6F18

monochromatic

#05121A #0E354B #185A7E #227FB1 #37A0D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.49

#185A7E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.80

#185A7E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A7E

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A7E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A7E	1.00	7.49	2.80	7.49
#FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.49	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495A80

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B507D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006366

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a7e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.5% 0.087 237.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6688a3',
    500: '#185a7e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a7e;
$custom-light: #6688a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a7e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.176,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 29.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44501,
    "c": 0.08683,
    "h": 237.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.09013
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A7E

secondary

#B2683F

accent

#7A3DEB

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBEFF4

border

#C6CACE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A7E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →