#185B8C#185B8C

#185B8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.6% C 0.103 H 245.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B8C
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 140)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 35%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.06, -2.07, -32.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.06, 32.96, 266.39°)
OKLab	oklab(45.57% -0.0426 -0.0936)
OKLCH	oklch(45.57% 0.103 245.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.8496, 9.5687, 26.1864)
Luminance	0.0957 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B8C #8C4918

analogous

#188C83 #185B8C #18218C

triadic

#185B8C #8C185B #5B8C18

tetradic

#185B8C #83188C #8C4918 #218C18

square

#185B8C #83188C #8C4918 #218C18

split-complementary

#185B8C #8C1821 #8C8318

monochromatic

#061724 #0F3958 #185B8C #217DC0 #409BDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#185B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#185B8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B8C

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B8C	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445D8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#33528B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.6% 0.103 245.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6989ae',
    500: '#185b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b8c;
$custom-light: #6989ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.345,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45571,
    "c": 0.10282,
    "h": 245.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0957
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B8C

secondary

#BF7641

accent

#863AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B8C

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

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