#185E9E#185E9E

#185E9E is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.107; OKLCH L 47.4% C 0.123 H 250.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#185E9E
RGB	rgb(24, 94, 158)
HSL	hsl(209, 74%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(209, 85%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.8%, 40.5%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(39.01, 3.15, -40.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(39.01, 40.75, 274.44°)
OKLab	oklab(47.44% -0.0403 -0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(47.44% 0.123 250.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.5486, 10.6669, 33.8441)
Luminance	0.1067 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#185E9E #9E5818

analogous

#189E9B #185E9E #181B9E

triadic

#185E9E #9E185E #5E9E18

tetradic

#185E9E #9B189E #9E5818 #1B9E18

square

#185E9E #9B189E #9E5818 #1B9E18

split-complementary

#185E9E #9E181B #9E9B18

monochromatic

#081F34 #103E69 #185E9E #207ED3 #4D9CE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.70

#185E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.13

#185E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #185E9E

6.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##185E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##185E9E	1.00	6.70	3.13	6.70
#FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.13	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.70	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3F62A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#29569D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#006D76

Achromatopsia (no color)

#5C5C5C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #185e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 94, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(47.4% 0.123 250.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d8bbb',
    500: '#185e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #185e9e;
$custom-light: #6d8bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#185e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 94,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 208.657,
    "s": 73.626,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.47441,
    "c": 0.12297,
    "h": 250.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.10668
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#185E9E

secondary

#C6864C

accent

#9038F0

background

#F7F8FB

surface

#EDF0F6

border

#C8CBD0

text

#080B12

muted

#7B7C81

Preview Lab

Preview with #185E9E

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

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