#186B89#186B89

#186B89 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.088 H 227.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186B89
RGB	rgb(24, 107, 137)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 82%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 21.9%, 0%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.02, -12.90, -23.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.02, 26.64, 241.05°)
OKLab	oklab(49.47% -0.0592 -0.0655)
OKLCH	oklch(49.47% 0.088 227.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.1479, 12.5145, 25.5428)
Luminance	0.1252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186B89 #893618

analogous

#18896F #186B89 #183389

triadic

#186B89 #89186B #6B8918

tetradic

#186B89 #6F1889 #893618 #338918

square

#186B89 #6F1889 #893618 #338918

split-complementary

#186B89 #891833 #896F18

monochromatic

#061A21 #0F4255 #186B89 #2194BD #3EB3DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.99

#186B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#186B89 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186B89

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186B89	1.00	5.99	3.50	5.99
#FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.99	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F89

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 107, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.088 227.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ab',
    500: '#186b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186b89;
$custom-light: #6a95ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.929,
    "s": 70.186,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49469,
    "c": 0.08833,
    "h": 227.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.12516
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186B89

secondary

#BD6140

accent

#6A3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #186B89

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

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