#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
RGBrgb(24, 94, 140)
HSLhsl(204, 71%, 32%)
HSVhsv(204, 83%, 55%)
CMYKcmyk(82.9%, 32.9%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LABlab(38.01, -3.96, -31.40)
CIE-LCHlch(38.01, 31.65, 262.82°)
OKLaboklab(46.32% -0.0454 -0.0891)
OKLCHoklch(46.32% 0.1 243)
XYZxyz(9.1112, 10.0919, 26.2736)
Luminance0.1009 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##185E8C1.006.963.026.96
#FFFFFF6.961.0021.001.00
#0000003.0221.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.961.0021.001.00

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

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#185E8C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva