#194E9B#194E9B

#194E9B is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.080; OKLCH L 43.5% C 0.138 H 258.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194E9B
RGB	rgb(25, 78, 155)
HSL	hsl(216, 72%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 49.7%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.03, 12.60, -46.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.03, 48.49, 285.06°)
OKLab	oklab(43.52% -0.0275 -0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(43.52% 0.138 258.5)
XYZ	xyz(9.0395, 8.0209, 32.0758)
Luminance	0.0802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194E9B #9B6619

analogous

#198F9B #194E9B #25199B

triadic

#194E9B #9B194E #4E9B19

tetradic

#194E9B #9B198F #9B6619 #199B25

square

#194E9B #9B198F #9B6619 #199B25

split-complementary

#194E9B #9B2519 #8F9B19

monochromatic

#081932 #113366 #194E9B #2269D0 #4C89E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.06

#194E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.60

#194E9B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194E9B

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194E9B	1.00	8.06	2.60	8.06
#FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.06	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#20569E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 78, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.5% 0.138 258.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d7eb9',
    500: '#194e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194e9b;
$custom-light: #6d7eb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.538,
    "s": 72.222,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43518,
    "c": 0.1375,
    "h": 258.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.08022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194E9B

secondary

#C4934C

accent

#A539EF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080A11

muted

#7B7C80

Preview Lab

Preview with #194E9B

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

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