#185C9E#185C9E

#185C9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.103; OKLCH L 47.0% C 0.125 H 252.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185C9E
RGB	rgb(24, 92, 158)
HSL	hsl(210, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(210, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 41.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.40, 4.44, -41.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.40, 41.84, 276.10°)
OKLab	oklab(46.96% -0.0386 -0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(46.96% 0.125 252)
XYZ	xyz(10.3730, 10.3158, 33.7856)
Luminance	0.1032 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185C9E #9E5A18

analogous

#189E9D #185C9E #18199E

triadic

#185C9E #9E185C #5C9E18

tetradic

#185C9E #9D189E #9E5A18 #199E18

square

#185C9E #9D189E #9E5A18 #199E18

split-complementary

#185C9E #9E1819 #9E9D18

monochromatic

#081E34 #103D69 #185C9E #207BD3 #4D99E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.86

#185C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.06

#185C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185C9E

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185C9E	1.00	6.86	3.06	6.86
#FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.06	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3B61A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#24559D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 92, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.0% 0.125 252.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d89bb',
    500: '#185c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185c9e;
$custom-light: #6d89bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 209.552,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46964,
    "c": 0.12518,
    "h": 252
  },
  "luminance": 0.10317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185C9E

secondary

#C6884C

accent

#9338F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185C9E

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

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