#185C8E#185C8E

#185C8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.104 H 245.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C8E
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 142)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 35.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.48, -1.92, -33.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.48, 33.49, 266.72°)
OKLab	oklab(45.94% -0.0429 -0.0951)
OKLCH	oklch(45.94% 0.104 245.7)
XYZ	xyz(9.0844, 9.8004, 26.9988)
Luminance	0.0980 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C8E #8E4A18

analogous

#188E85 #185C8E #18218E

triadic

#185C8E #8E185C #5C8E18

tetradic

#185C8E #85188E #8E4A18 #218E18

square

#185C8E #85188E #8E4A18 #218E18

split-complementary

#185C8E #8E1821 #8E8518

monochromatic

#061825 #0F3A5A #185C8E #217EC2 #419CDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.09

#185C8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#185C8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C8E

7.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C8E	1.00	7.09	2.96	7.09
#FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.09	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#445E90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34538D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.104 245.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a89af',
    500: '#185c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c8e;
$custom-light: #6a89af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.424,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45941,
    "c": 0.10438,
    "h": 245.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C8E

secondary

#C07742

accent

#863AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C8E

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

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