#194A9E#194A9E

#194A9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.076; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.147 H 260.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194A9E
RGB	rgb(25, 74, 158)
HSL	hsl(218, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(218, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 53.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.07, 16.53, -50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.07, 52.83, 288.23°)
OKLab	oklab(42.86% -0.0241 -0.1447)
OKLCH	oklch(42.86% 0.147 260.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0190, 7.5717, 33.3273)
Luminance	0.0757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194A9E #9E6D19

analogous

#198C9E #194A9E #2A199E

triadic

#194A9E #9E194A #4A9E19

tetradic

#194A9E #9E198C #9E6D19 #199E2A

square

#194A9E #9E198C #9E6D19 #199E2A

split-complementary

#194A9E #9E2A19 #8C9E19

monochromatic

#081934 #113169 #194A9E #2163D3 #4E85E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.35

#194A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.51

#194A9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194A9E

8.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194A9E	1.00	8.35	2.51	8.35
#FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.51	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.35	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#0C54A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00489C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F6C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4E4E4E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 74, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.147 260.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7bbb',
    500: '#194a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194a9e;
$custom-light: #6e7bbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 74,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 217.895,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42858,
    "c": 0.14666,
    "h": 260.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07573
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194A9E

secondary

#C5994E

accent

#AC38EF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEDF6

border

#C8C8D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #194A9E

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

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