#186E8D#186E8D

#186E8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.091 H 228.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186E8D
RGB	rgb(24, 110, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 22%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.16, -13.15, -23.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.16, 27.31, 241.21°)
OKLab	oklab(50.44% -0.0606 -0.0673)
OKLCH	oklch(50.44% 0.091 228)
XYZ	xyz(10.7584, 13.2678, 27.1881)
Luminance	0.1327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186E8D #8D3718

analogous

#188D71 #186E8D #18348D

triadic

#186E8D #8D186E #6E8D18

tetradic

#186E8D #71188D #8D3718 #348D18

square

#186E8D #71188D #8D3718 #348D18

split-complementary

#186E8D #8D1834 #8D7118

monochromatic

#061C24 #0F4559 #186E8D #2197C1 #41B5DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#186E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#186E8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186E8D

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186E8D	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007778

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 110, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.091 228.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97ae',
    500: '#186e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186e8d;
$custom-light: #6a97ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.897,
    "s": 70.909,
    "l": 32.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50441,
    "c": 0.0906,
    "h": 228
  },
  "luminance": 0.13269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186E8D

secondary

#BF6342

accent

#6A3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #186E8D

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

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