#185B72#185B72

#185B72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.089; OKLCH L 44.1% C 0.074 H 225.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B72
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 114)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 20.2%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.77, -12.05, -18.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.77, 22.47, 237.57°)
OKLab	oklab(44.13% -0.0519 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(44.13% 0.074 225.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.1538, 8.8904, 17.2553)
Luminance	0.0889 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B72 #722F18

analogous

#18725C #185B72 #182E72

triadic

#185B72 #72185B #5B7218

tetradic

#185B72 #5C1872 #722F18 #2E7218

square

#185B72 #5C1872 #722F18 #2E7218

split-complementary

#185B72 #72182E #725C18

monochromatic

#051419 #0D333F #185B72 #2383A5 #31AAD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.56

#185B72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.78

#185B72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B72

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B72	1.00	7.56	2.78	7.56
#FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.78	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.56	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4E5973

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#425072

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006263

Achromatopsia (no color)

#545454

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.1% 0.074 225.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#64899a',
    500: '#185b72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b72;
$custom-light: #64899a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.333,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44128,
    "c": 0.07432,
    "h": 225.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.08891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B72

secondary

#A7593E

accent

#6B40E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B72

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

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