#194E9E#194E9E

#194E9E is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 43.7% C 0.142 H 259.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#194E9E
RGB	rgb(25, 78, 158)
HSL	hsl(216, 73%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(216, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.2%, 50.6%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.24, 13.82, -48.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.24, 50.23, 285.96°)
OKLab	oklab(43.75% -0.027 -0.139)
OKLCH	oklch(43.75% 0.142 259)
XYZ	xyz(9.2946, 8.1229, 33.4191)
Luminance	0.0812 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#194E9E #9E6919

analogous

#19909E #194E9E #26199E

triadic

#194E9E #9E194E #4E9E19

tetradic

#194E9E #9E1990 #9E6919 #199E26

square

#194E9E #9E1990 #9E6919 #199E26

split-complementary

#194E9E #9E2619 #909E19

monochromatic

#081A34 #113469 #194E9E #2168D3 #4E8AE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.00

#194E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.62

#194E9E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #194E9E

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##194E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##194E9E	1.00	8.00	2.62	8.00
#FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.62	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C57A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#004B9C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00616E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #194e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 78, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.7% 0.142 259.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6e7ebb',
    500: '#194e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #194e9e;
$custom-light: #6e7ebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#194e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 216.09,
    "s": 72.678,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43747,
    "c": 0.14165,
    "h": 259
  },
  "luminance": 0.08124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#194E9E

secondary

#C5964E

accent

#A638EF

background

#F7F7FB

surface

#EDEEF6

border

#C8C9D0

text

#080912

muted

#7B7B81

Preview Lab

Preview with #194E9E

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

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