#185C9D#185C9D

#185C9D is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 46.9% C 0.124 H 251.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C9D
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 157)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 41.4%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.34, 4.04, -41.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.34, 41.30, 275.62°)
OKLab	oklab(46.9% -0.0388 -0.1176)
OKLCH	oklch(46.9% 0.124 251.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2873, 10.2815, 33.3341)
Luminance	0.1028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C9D #9D5918

analogous

#189D9B #185C9D #181A9D

triadic

#185C9D #9D185C #5C9D18

tetradic

#185C9D #9B189D #9D5918 #1A9D18

square

#185C9D #9B189D #9D5918 #1A9D18

split-complementary

#185C9D #9D181A #9D9B18

monochromatic

#081E33 #103D68 #185C9D #207BD2 #4C99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.87

#185C9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#185C9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C9D

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C9D	1.00	6.87	3.06	6.87
#FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3C61A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#25559C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.9% 0.124 251.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89ba',
    500: '#185c9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c9d;
$custom-light: #6d89ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.323,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46897,
    "c": 0.12386,
    "h": 251.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.10283
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C9D

secondary

#C5874B

accent

#9238F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C9D

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

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