#194C9E#194C9E

#194C9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.078; OKLCH L 43.3% C 0.144 H 259.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194C9E
RGB	rgb(25, 76, 158)
HSL	hsl(217, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(217, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 51.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.65, 15.17, -49.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.65, 51.52, 287.12°)
OKLab	oklab(43.3% -0.0255 -0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(43.3% 0.144 259.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.1546, 7.8430, 33.3725)
Luminance	0.0784 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194C9E #9E6B19

analogous

#198E9E #194C9E #28199E

triadic

#194C9E #9E194C #4C9E19

tetradic

#194C9E #9E198E #9E6B19 #199E28

square

#194C9E #9E198E #9E6B19 #199E28

split-complementary

#194C9E #9E2819 #8E9E19

monochromatic

#081934 #113369 #194C9E #2165D3 #4E87E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.18

#194C9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#194C9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194C9E

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194C9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194C9E	1.00	8.18	2.57	8.18
#FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.18	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1555A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#00499C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00606D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194c9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 76, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.3% 0.144 259.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7dbb',
    500: '#194c9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194c9e;
$custom-light: #6e7dbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194c9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 76,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.992,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.433,
    "c": 0.14415,
    "h": 259.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.07844
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194C9E

secondary

#C5974E

accent

#A938EF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #194C9E

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

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