#185E8C#185E8C

#185E8C is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.101; OKLCH L 46.3% C 0.100 H 243.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E8C
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 140)
HSL	hsl(204, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(204, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(38.01, -3.96, -31.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(38.01, 31.65, 262.82°)
OKLab	oklab(46.32% -0.0454 -0.0891)
OKLCH	oklch(46.32% 0.1 243)
XYZ	xyz(9.1112, 10.0919, 26.2736)
Luminance	0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E8C #8C4618

analogous

#188C80 #185E8C #18248C

triadic

#185E8C #8C185E #5E8C18

tetradic

#185E8C #80188C #8C4618 #248C18

square

#185E8C #80188C #8C4618 #248C18

split-complementary

#185E8C #8C1824 #8C8018

monochromatic

#061824 #0F3B58 #185E8C #2181C0 #40A0DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.96

#185E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.02

#185E8C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E8C

6.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E8C	1.00	6.96	3.02	6.96
#FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.02	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#485F8E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#38558B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00696E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#595959

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.3% 0.100 243.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#698bae',
    500: '#185e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e8c;
$custom-light: #698bae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.793,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46321,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 243
  },
  "luminance": 0.10093
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E8C

secondary

#BF7341

accent

#813AED

background

#F6F8FA

surface

#ECF0F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070C10

muted

#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E8C

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

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