#185B8E#185B8E

#185B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.105 H 246.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B8E
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 142)
HSL	hsl(206, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(206, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 35.9%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -1.28, -33.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 33.96, 267.83°)
OKLab	oklab(45.69% -0.042 -0.0966)
OKLCH	oklch(45.69% 0.105 246.5)
XYZ	xyz(8.9984, 9.6282, 26.9701)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B8E #8E4B18

analogous

#188E86 #185B8E #18208E

triadic

#185B8E #8E185B #5B8E18

tetradic

#185B8E #86188E #8E4B18 #208E18

square

#185B8E #86188E #8E4B18 #208E18

split-complementary

#185B8E #8E1820 #8E8618

monochromatic

#061825 #0F395A #185B8E #217DC2 #419BDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#185B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#185B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B8E

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B8E	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#435D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#32538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.105 246.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a89af',
    500: '#185b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b8e;
$custom-light: #6a89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.932,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45693,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 246.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.09629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B8E

secondary

#C07842

accent

#883AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECEFF4

border

#C7CACE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B8E

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

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