#185C81#185C81

#185C81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.094; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.089 H 237.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C81
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 129)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(201, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 28.7%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(36.80, -6.99, -26.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(36.80, 27.50, 255.28°)
OKLab	oklab(45.18% -0.0472 -0.0752)
OKLCH	oklch(45.18% 0.089 237.9)
XYZ	xyz(8.1647, 9.4325, 22.1550)
Luminance	0.0943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C81 #813D18

analogous

#188172 #185C81 #182781

triadic

#185C81 #81185C #5C8118

tetradic

#185C81 #721881 #813D18 #278118

square

#185C81 #721881 #813D18 #278118

split-complementary

#185C81 #811827 #817218

monochromatic

#05121A #0E374D #185C81 #2281B5 #39A1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.27

#185C81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.89

#185C81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C81

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C81	1.00	7.27	2.89	7.27
#FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.89	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.27	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4A5C83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3C5280

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006569

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.089 237.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678aa5',
    500: '#185c81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c81;
$custom-light: #678aa5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.143,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45183,
    "c": 0.08877,
    "h": 237.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09433
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C81

secondary

#B56940

accent

#7A3CEB

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070B0F

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C81

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

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