#185A9F#185A9F

#185A9F is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.6% C 0.129 H 253.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185A9F
RGB	rgb(24, 90, 159)
HSL	hsl(211, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(211, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.9%, 43.4%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.86, 6.15, -43.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.86, 43.51, 278.12°)
OKLab	oklab(46.56% -0.0367 -0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(46.56% 0.129 253.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.2885, 10.0084, 34.1837)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185A9F #9F5D18

analogous

#189D9F #185A9F #1A189F

triadic

#185A9F #9F185A #5A9F18

tetradic

#185A9F #9F189D #9F5D18 #189F1A

square

#185A9F #9F189D #9F5D18 #189F1A

split-complementary

#185A9F #9F1A18 #9D9F18

monochromatic

#081E35 #103C6A #185A9F #2078D4 #4D97E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#185A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#185A9F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185A9F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185A9F	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3760A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1D549E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B74

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 90, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.6% 0.129 253.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e88bc',
    500: '#185a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185a9f;
$custom-light: #6e88bc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 90,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210.667,
    "s": 73.77,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46559,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 253.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.1001
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185A9F

secondary

#C68B4D

accent

#9637F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185A9F

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

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