#185B9E#185B9E

#185B9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.7% C 0.126 H 252.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185B9E
RGB	rgb(24, 91, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(210, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 42.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.10, 5.09, -42.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.10, 42.40, 276.90°)
OKLab	oklab(46.73% -0.0378 -0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(46.73% 0.126 252.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.2870, 10.1437, 33.7569)
Luminance	0.1014 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185B9E #9E5B18

analogous

#189E9E #185B9E #18189E

triadic

#185B9E #9E185B #5B9E18

tetradic

#185B9E #9E189E #9E5B18 #189E18

square

#185B9E #9E189E #9E5B18 #189E18

split-complementary

#185B9E #9E1818 #9E9E18

monochromatic

#081E34 #103C69 #185B9E #207AD3 #4D98E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.93

#185B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.03

#185B9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185B9E

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185B9E	1.00	6.93	3.03	6.93
#FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.03	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.93	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3960A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#21549D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006B75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 91, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.7% 0.126 252.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d88bb',
    500: '#185b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185b9e;
$custom-light: #6d88bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 210,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46727,
    "c": 0.12631,
    "h": 252.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185B9E

secondary

#C6894C

accent

#9438F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDEFF6

border

#C8CAD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185B9E

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

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