#185B81#185B81

#185B81 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.093; OKLCH L 44.9% C 0.090 H 238.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B81
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 129)
HSL	hsl(202, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(202, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 29.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.48, -6.37, -27.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.48, 27.84, 256.77°)
OKLab	oklab(44.93% -0.0462 -0.0767)
OKLCH	oklch(44.93% 0.09 238.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.0787, 9.2604, 22.1263)
Luminance	0.0926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B81 #813E18

analogous

#188172 #185B81 #182781

triadic

#185B81 #81185B #5B8118

tetradic

#185B81 #721881 #813E18 #278118

square

#185B81 #721881 #813E18 #278118

split-complementary

#185B81 #811827 #817218

monochromatic

#05121A #0E374D #185B81 #227FB5 #39A0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.36

#185B81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.85

#185B81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B81

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B81	1.00	7.36	2.85	7.36
#FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.85	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.36	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#495B83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3B5180

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006568

Achromatopsia (no color)

#565656

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.9% 0.090 238.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6789a5',
    500: '#185b81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b81;
$custom-light: #6789a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.714,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44926,
    "c": 0.08951,
    "h": 238.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09261
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B81

secondary

#B56A40

accent

#7C3CEB

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B81

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

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