#185C72#185C72

#185C72 is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.091; OKLCH L 44.4% C 0.074 H 224.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C72
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 114)
HSL	hsl(195, 65%, 27%)
HSV	hsv(195, 79%, 45%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.9%, 19.3%, 0%, 55.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.10, -12.64, -18.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.10, 22.37, 235.60°)
OKLab	oklab(44.39% -0.053 -0.0517)
OKLCH	oklch(44.39% 0.074 224.3)
XYZ	xyz(7.2398, 9.0625, 17.2840)
Luminance	0.0906 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C72 #722E18

analogous

#18725B #185C72 #182F72

triadic

#185C72 #72185C #5C7218

tetradic

#185C72 #5B1872 #722E18 #2F7218

square

#185C72 #5B1872 #722E18 #2F7218

split-complementary

#185C72 #72182F #725B18

monochromatic

#051419 #0D333F #185C72 #2385A5 #31ACD4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.47

#185C72 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.81

#185C72 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C72

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C72	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C72	1.00	7.47	2.81	7.47
#FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.81	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.47	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505A73

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#445172

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006363

Achromatopsia (no color)

#555555

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c72;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(44.4% 0.074 224.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#648a9a',
    500: '#185c72',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c72;
$custom-light: #648a9a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c72",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.667,
    "s": 65.217,
    "l": 27.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.44394,
    "c": 0.07404,
    "h": 224.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.09063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C72

secondary

#A7583E

accent

#6940E8

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060B0E

muted

#7A7C7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C72

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

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