#185E8F#185E8F

#185E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.102; OKLCH L 46.5% C 0.104 H 244.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#185E8F
RGBrgb(24, 94, 143)
HSLhsl(205, 71%, 33%)
HSVhsv(205, 83%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(83.2%, 34.3%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LABlab(38.17, -2.78, -32.96)
CIE-LCHlch(38.17, 33.08, 265.17°)
OKLaboklab(46.5% -0.0445 -0.0937)
OKLCHoklch(46.5% 0.104 244.6)
XYZxyz(9.3354, 10.1816, 27.4545)
Luminance0.1018 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#185E8F #8F4918
analogous
#188F84 #185E8F #18228F
triadic
#185E8F #8F185E #5E8F18
tetradic
#185E8F #84188F #8F4918 #228F18
square
#185E8F #84188F #8F4918 #228F18
split-complementary
#185E8F #8F1822 #8F8418
monochromatic
#061926 #0F3C5B #185E8F #2180C3 #429FDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.92
#185E8F on #FFFFFF
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.04
#185E8F on #000000
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E8F
6.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##185E8F#FFFFFF#000000##FFFFFF
##185E8F1.006.923.046.92
#FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00
#0000003.0421.001.0021.00
##FFFFFF6.921.0021.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#476091
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#36558E
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#006A70
Achromatopsia (no color)
#5A5A5A

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #185e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(46.5% 0.104 244.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a8bb0',
    500: '#185e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #185e8f;
$custom-light: #6a8bb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#185e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 204.706,
    "s": 71.257,
    "l": 32.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.46499,
    "c": 0.10373,
    "h": 244.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.10183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#185E8F
secondary
#C07643
accent
#843AEE
background
#F6F8FA
surface
#ECF0F4
border
#C7CBCE
text
#080C10
muted
#7A7D7F

Preview Lab

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#185E8F Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva