#186A8E#186A8E

#186A8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.093 H 233.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186A8E
RGB	rgb(24, 106, 142)
HSL	hsl(198, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(198, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 25.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(41.93, -10.46, -26.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(41.93, 28.45, 248.43°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% -0.0563 -0.0746)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.093 233)
XYZ	xyz(10.4112, 12.4540, 27.4411)
Luminance	0.1245 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186A8E #8E3C18

analogous

#188E77 #186A8E #182F8E

triadic

#186A8E #8E186A #6A8E18

tetradic

#186A8E #77188E #8E3C18 #2F8E18

square

#186A8E #77188E #8E3C18 #2F8E18

split-complementary

#186A8E #8E182F #8E7718

monochromatic

#061C25 #0F435A #186A8E #2191C2 #41AFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.02

#186A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.49

#186A8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186A8E

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186A8E	1.00	6.02	3.49	6.02
#FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.49	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#586990

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495E8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 106, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.093 233.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a94af',
    500: '#186a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186a8e;
$custom-light: #6a94af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.305,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49469,
    "c": 0.09349,
    "h": 233
  },
  "luminance": 0.12455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186A8E

secondary

#C06842

accent

#713AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #186A8E

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

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