#185E85#185E85

#185E85 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.099; OKLCH L 45.9% C 0.092 H 238.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E85
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 133)
HSL	hsl(201, 69%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(201, 82%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 29.3%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(37.65, -6.67, -27.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(37.65, 28.50, 256.46°)
OKLab	oklab(45.92% -0.0478 -0.0784)
OKLCH	oklch(45.92% 0.092 238.6)
XYZ	xyz(8.6113, 9.8920, 23.6412)
Luminance	0.0989 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E85 #853F18

analogous

#188575 #185E85 #182785

triadic

#185E85 #85185E #5E8518

tetradic

#185E85 #751885 #853F18 #278518

square

#185E85 #751885 #853F18 #278518

split-complementary

#185E85 #851827 #857518

monochromatic

#05151D #0F3951 #185E85 #2183B9 #3CA2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.05

#185E85 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.98

#185E85 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E85

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E85	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E85	1.00	7.05	2.98	7.05
#FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.98	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#4B5E87

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#3D5484

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00686C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e85;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(45.9% 0.092 238.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#688ba8',
    500: '#185e85',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e85;
$custom-light: #688ba8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e85",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 201.468,
    "s": 69.427,
    "l": 30.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.45919,
    "c": 0.09182,
    "h": 238.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.09893
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E85

secondary

#B96B40

accent

#7B3CEC

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C0F

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E85

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

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