#185E78#185E78

#185E78 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.2% C 0.078 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E78
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 120)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 28%)
HSV	hsv(196, 80%, 47%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 21.7%, 0%, 52.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.03, -11.60, -20.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.03, 23.75, 240.77°)
OKLab	oklab(45.22% -0.0526 -0.0582)
OKLCH	oklch(45.22% 0.078 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(7.7682, 9.5547, 19.2005)
Luminance	0.0956 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E78 #783218

analogous

#187862 #185E78 #182E78

triadic

#185E78 #78185E #5E7818

tetradic

#185E78 #621878 #783218 #2E7818

square

#185E78 #621878 #783218 #2E7818

split-complementary

#185E78 #78182E #786218

monochromatic

#05141A #0E3645 #185E78 #2286AB #34AAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.21

#185E78 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.91

#185E78 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E78

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E78	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E78	1.00	7.21	2.91	7.21
#FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.91	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.21	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#505C79

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#435378

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006567

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e78;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.2% 0.078 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#658b9f',
    500: '#185e78',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e78;
$custom-light: #658b9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e78",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.25,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 28.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45224,
    "c": 0.07848,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.09556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E78

secondary

#AD5D3F

accent

#6D3EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#060C0E

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E78

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

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