#186AC9#186AC9

#186AC9 is a mid, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.147; OKLCH L 53.1% C 0.166 H 255.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186AC9
RGB	rgb(24, 106, 201)
HSL	hsl(212, 79%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(212, 88%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 47.3%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(45.24, 12.49, -55.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(45.24, 57.20, 282.61°)
OKLab	oklab(53.15% -0.0405 -0.1606)
OKLCH	oklch(53.15% 0.166 255.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.0694, 14.7172, 57.2408)
Luminance	0.1472 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186AC9 #C97718

analogous

#18C3C9 #186AC9 #1E18C9

triadic

#186AC9 #C9186A #6AC918

tetradic

#186AC9 #C918C3 #C97718 #18C91E

square

#186AC9 #C918C3 #C97718 #18C91E

split-complementary

#186AC9 #C91E18 #C3C918

monochromatic

#0B305C #114D92 #186AC9 #3789E7 #6EA9EE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.32

#186AC9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.94

#186AC9 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186AC9

5.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186AC9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186AC9	1.00	5.32	3.94	5.32
#FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.94	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.32	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#3373CD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#0064C7

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008190

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6B6B6B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186ac9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 106, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.1% 0.166 255.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7893da',
    500: '#186ac9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186ac9;
$custom-light: #7893da;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186ac9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.203,
    "s": 78.667,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53147,
    "c": 0.16564,
    "h": 255.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.14719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186AC9

secondary

#D4A269

accent

#9B33F5

background

#F8F9FD

surface

#EFF1FB

border

#CACBD4

text

#0B0D15

muted

#7C7E83

Preview Lab

Preview with #186AC9

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

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