#185A8E#185A8E

#185A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.095; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.106 H 247.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A8E
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 36.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.85, -0.65, -34.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.85, 34.44, 268.92°)
OKLab	oklab(45.45% -0.0411 -0.0981)
OKLCH	oklch(45.45% 0.106 247.3)
XYZ	xyz(8.9135, 9.4584, 26.9418)
Luminance	0.0946 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A8E #8E4C18

analogous

#188E87 #185A8E #181F8E

triadic

#185A8E #8E185A #5A8E18

tetradic

#185A8E #87188E #8E4C18 #1F8E18

square

#185A8E #87188E #8E4C18 #1F8E18

split-complementary

#185A8E #8E181F #8E8718

monochromatic

#061825 #0F395A #185A8E #217BC2 #419ADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.26

#185A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#185A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A8E

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A8E	1.00	7.26	2.89	7.26
#FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.26	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#415D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#30528D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.106 247.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a88af',
    500: '#185a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a8e;
$custom-light: #6a88af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 206.441,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45446,
    "c": 0.10634,
    "h": 247.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.0946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A8E

secondary

#C07942

accent

#893AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A8E

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

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