#185D9D#185D9D

#185D9D is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.105; OKLCH L 47.1% C 0.123 H 251.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185D9D
RGB	rgb(24, 93, 157)
HSL	hsl(209, 73%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(209, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.7%, 40.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.65, 3.40, -40.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.65, 40.75, 274.78°)
OKLab	oklab(47.14% -0.0397 -0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(47.14% 0.123 251.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.3745, 10.4559, 33.3632)
Luminance	0.1046 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185D9D #9D5818

analogous

#189D9A #185D9D #181A9D

triadic

#185D9D #9D185D #5D9D18

tetradic

#185D9D #9A189D #9D5818 #1A9D18

square

#185D9D #9A189D #9D5818 #1A9D18

split-complementary

#185D9D #9D181A #9D9A18

monochromatic

#081E33 #103E68 #185D9D #207CD2 #4C9BE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.79

#185D9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.09

#185D9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185D9D

6.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185D9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185D9D	1.00	6.79	3.09	6.79
#FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.09	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3E61A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#27569C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5B5B5B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185d9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 93, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.1% 0.123 251.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8aba',
    500: '#185d9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185d9d;
$custom-light: #6d8aba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185d9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 93,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.872,
    "s": 73.481,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47136,
    "c": 0.12275,
    "h": 251.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.10457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185D9D

secondary

#C5864B

accent

#9038F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185D9D

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

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