#198AB4#198AB4

#198AB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.112 H 229.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198AB4
RGB	rgb(25, 138, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 23.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.68, -14.70, -30.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.68, 33.75, 244.19°)
OKLab	oklab(59.43% -0.0723 -0.0856)
OKLCH	oklch(59.43% 0.112 229.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7242, 21.6766, 46.4210)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198AB4 #B44319

analogous

#19B490 #198AB4 #193CB4

triadic

#198AB4 #B4198A #8AB419

tetradic

#198AB4 #9019B4 #B44319 #3CB419

square

#198AB4 #9019B4 #B44319 #3CB419

split-complementary

#198AB4 #B4193C #B49019

monochromatic

#0A3849 #12617E #198AB4 #29AFE1 #5FC3E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#198AB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#198AB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198AB4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198AB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198AB4	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7488B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#617AB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009698

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198ab4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 138, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.112 229.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74acca',
    500: '#198ab4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198ab4;
$custom-light: #74acca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198ab4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.258,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59429,
    "c": 0.11209,
    "h": 229.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21679
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198AB4

secondary

#CD7B5C

accent

#6936F2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #198AB4

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

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