#186E8E#186E8E

#186E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.091 H 228.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#186E8E
RGB	rgb(24, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 71%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 83%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.21, -12.79, -24.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.21, 27.60, 242.41°)
OKLab	oklab(50.49% -0.0603 -0.0688)
OKLCH	oklch(50.49% 0.091 228.8)
XYZ	xyz(10.8331, 13.2977, 27.5817)
Luminance	0.1330 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#186E8E #8E3818

analogous

#188E73 #186E8E #18338E

triadic

#186E8E #8E186E #6E8E18

tetradic

#186E8E #73188E #8E3818 #338E18

square

#186E8E #73188E #8E3818 #338E18

split-complementary

#186E8E #8E1833 #8E7318

monochromatic

#061D25 #0F455A #186E8E #2197C2 #41B4DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#186E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#186E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #186E8E

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##186E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##186E8E	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4E618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #186e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(24, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.091 228.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97af',
    500: '#186e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #186e8e;
$custom-light: #6b97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#186e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 24,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.271,
    "s": 71.084,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50491,
    "c": 0.09148,
    "h": 228.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.13299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#186E8E

secondary

#C06442

accent

#6B3AEE

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #186E8E

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

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