#185E7B#185E7B

#185E7B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.096; OKLCH L 45.4% C 0.081 H 230.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E7B
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 123)
HSL	hsl(198, 67%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(198, 80%, 48%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.5%, 23.6%, 0%, 51.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.17, -10.48, -22.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.17, 24.68, 244.88°)
OKLab	oklab(45.38% -0.0515 -0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(45.38% 0.081 230.7)
XYZ	xyz(7.9531, 9.6287, 20.1744)
Luminance	0.0963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E7B #7B3518

analogous

#187B67 #185E7B #182D7B

triadic

#185E7B #7B185E #5E7B18

tetradic

#185E7B #67187B #7B3518 #2D7B18

square

#185E7B #67187B #7B3518 #2D7B18

split-complementary

#185E7B #7B182D #7B6718

monochromatic

#05141A #0E3748 #185E7B #2285AE #36A8D8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.18

#185E7B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.93

#185E7B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E7B

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E7B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E7B	1.00	7.18	2.93	7.18
#FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.93	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4F5D7C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#42537B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006668

Achromatopsia (no color)

#575757

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e7b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.4% 0.081 230.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#668ba1',
    500: '#185e7b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e7b;
$custom-light: #668ba1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e7b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.576,
    "s": 67.347,
    "l": 28.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45378,
    "c": 0.08126,
    "h": 230.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.0963
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E7B

secondary

#B0603F

accent

#703EEA

background

#F6F8F9

surface

#EBF0F2

border

#C6CBCC

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E7B

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

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