#194E9D#194E9D

#194E9D is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.140 H 258.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194E9D
RGB	rgb(25, 78, 157)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 50.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.17, 13.41, -47.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.17, 49.65, 285.67°)
OKLab	oklab(43.67% -0.0271 -0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(43.67% 0.14 258.8)
XYZ	xyz(9.2089, 8.0886, 32.9677)
Luminance	0.0809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194E9D #9D6819

analogous

#19909D #194E9D #26199D

triadic

#194E9D #9D194E #4E9D19

tetradic

#194E9D #9D1990 #9D6819 #199D26

square

#194E9D #9D1990 #9D6819 #199D26

split-complementary

#194E9D #9D2619 #909D19

monochromatic

#081A33 #113468 #194E9D #2168D2 #4E8AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.02

#194E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#194E9D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194E9D

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194E9D	1.00	8.02	2.62	8.02
#FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.02	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1D57A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 78, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.140 258.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7eba',
    500: '#194e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194e9d;
$custom-light: #6e7eba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 215.909,
    "s": 72.527,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.4367,
    "c": 0.14027,
    "h": 258.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.0809
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194E9D

secondary

#C5954D

accent

#A639EF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #194E9D

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

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