#194E8B#194E8B

#194E8B is a dark, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.075; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.115 H 254.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194E8B
RGB	rgb(25, 78, 139)
HSL	hsl(212, 70%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(212, 82%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 43.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(32.96, 6.10, -38.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(32.96, 39.28, 278.93°)
OKLab	oklab(42.35% -0.0305 -0.1111)
OKLCH	oklch(42.35% 0.115 254.6)
XYZ	xyz(7.7838, 7.5186, 25.4621)
Luminance	0.0752 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194E8B #8B5619

analogous

#19878B #194E8B #1D198B

triadic

#194E8B #8B194E #4E8B19

tetradic

#194E8B #8B1987 #8B5619 #198B1D

square

#194E8B #8B1987 #8B5619 #198B1D

split-complementary

#194E8B #8B1D19 #878B19

monochromatic

#061423 #103157 #194E8B #226BBF #418ADD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.39

#194E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.50

#194E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194E8B

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194E8B	1.00	8.39	2.50	8.39
#FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.39	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#2F538D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1A498A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005D65

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4D4D4D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 78, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.115 254.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#697fad',
    500: '#194e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194e8b;
$custom-light: #697fad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 212.105,
    "s": 69.512,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42351,
    "c": 0.11526,
    "h": 254.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.0752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194E8B

secondary

#BE8442

accent

#9A3BEC

background

#F6F7FA

surface

#ECEEF4

border

#C7C9CE

text

#070A10

muted

#7A7C7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #194E8B

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

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