#185A8D#185A8D

#185A8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.105 H 246.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A8D
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 141)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 36.2%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, -1.04, -33.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 33.93, 268.24°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0414 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.105 246.8)
XYZ	xyz(8.8387, 9.4285, 26.5482)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A8D #8D4B18

analogous

#188D86 #185A8D #181F8D

triadic

#185A8D #8D185A #5A8D18

tetradic

#185A8D #86188D #8D4B18 #1F8D18

square

#185A8D #86188D #8D4B18 #1F8D18

split-complementary

#185A8D #8D181F #8D8618

monochromatic

#061724 #0F3959 #185A8D #217BC1 #419ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.28

#185A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#185A8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A8D

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A8D	1.00	7.28	2.89	7.28
#FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.28	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#425C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#31528C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00666D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.105 246.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6988ae',
    500: '#185a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a8d;
$custom-light: #6988ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.154,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45384,
    "c": 0.10507,
    "h": 246.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A8D

secondary

#BF7842

accent

#883AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A8D

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

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