#185D8F#185D8F

#185D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.100; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.105 H 245.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185D8F
RGB	rgb(24, 93, 143)
HSL	hsl(205, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(205, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 35%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.85, -2.15, -33.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.85, 33.53, 266.32°)
OKLab	oklab(46.25% -0.0435 -0.0952)
OKLCH	oklch(46.25% 0.105 245.4)
XYZ	xyz(9.2470, 10.0049, 27.4251)
Luminance	0.1001 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185D8F #8F4A18

analogous

#188F85 #185D8F #18228F

triadic

#185D8F #8F185D #5D8F18

tetradic

#185D8F #85188F #8F4A18 #228F18

square

#185D8F #85188F #8F4A18 #228F18

split-complementary

#185D8F #8F1822 #8F8518

monochromatic

#061926 #0F3B5B #185D8F #217FC3 #429DDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.00

#185D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

3.00

#185D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185D8F

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185D8F	1.00	7.00	3.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.00	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#455F91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#34548E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 93, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.105 245.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8ab0',
    500: '#185d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185d8f;
$custom-light: #6a8ab0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 205.21,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46251,
    "c": 0.10468,
    "h": 245.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.10006
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185D8F

secondary

#C07743

accent

#863AEE

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080B10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185D8F

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

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