#186B8A#186B8A

#186B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.089 H 228.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186B8A
RGB	rgb(24, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.07, -12.53, -23.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.07, 26.93, 242.28°)
OKLab	oklab(49.52% -0.0588 -0.0671)
OKLCH	oklch(49.52% 0.089 228.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.2199, 12.5433, 25.9223)
Luminance	0.1255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186B8A #8A3718

analogous

#188A70 #186B8A #18328A

triadic

#186B8A #8A186B #6B8A18

tetradic

#186B8A #70188A #8A3718 #328A18

square

#186B8A #70188A #8A3718 #328A18

split-complementary

#186B8A #8A1832 #8A7018

monochromatic

#061A22 #0F4356 #186B8A #2193BE #3FB2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.98

#186B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.51

#186B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186B8A

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186B8A	1.00	5.98	3.51	5.98
#FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.98	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C5F8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.089 228.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a95ac',
    500: '#186b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186b8a;
$custom-light: #6a95ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.316,
    "s": 70.37,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49519,
    "c": 0.08922,
    "h": 228.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.12545
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186B8A

secondary

#BD6240

accent

#6B3BED

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #186B8A

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

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