#185E81#185E81

#185E81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.098; OKLCH L 45.7% C 0.087 H 235.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E81
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 129)
HSL	hsl(200, 69%, 30%)
HSV	hsv(200, 81%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 27.1%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.45, -8.21, -25.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.45, 26.86, 252.21°)
OKLab	oklab(45.7% -0.0492 -0.0722)
OKLCH	oklch(45.7% 0.087 235.7)
XYZ	xyz(8.3403, 9.7836, 22.2135)
Luminance	0.0979 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E81 #813B18

analogous

#18816F #185E81 #182A81

triadic

#185E81 #81185E #5E8118

tetradic

#185E81 #6F1881 #813B18 #2A8118

square

#185E81 #6F1881 #813B18 #2A8118

split-complementary

#185E81 #81182A #816F18

monochromatic

#05131A #0E384D #185E81 #2284B5 #39A5DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.10

#185E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.96

#185E81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E81

7.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E81	1.00	7.10	2.96	7.10
#FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.96	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.10	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4D5E83

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3F5480

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00676A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#585858

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.7% 0.087 235.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#678ba5',
    500: '#185e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e81;
$custom-light: #678ba5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 200,
    "s": 68.627,
    "l": 30
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45698,
    "c": 0.08739,
    "h": 235.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.09785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E81

secondary

#B56740

accent

#773CEB

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#EBF0F4

border

#C6CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E81

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

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