#198BB4#198BB4

#198BB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.112 H 229.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198BB4
RGB	rgb(25, 139, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 22.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.99, -15.25, -29.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.99, 33.57, 242.98°)
OKLab	oklab(59.68% -0.0732 -0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(59.68% 0.112 229)
XYZ	xyz(17.8683, 21.9649, 46.4691)
Luminance	0.2197 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198BB4 #B44219

analogous

#19B48F #198BB4 #193DB4

triadic

#198BB4 #B4198B #8BB419

tetradic

#198BB4 #8F19B4 #B44219 #3DB419

square

#198BB4 #8F19B4 #B44219 #3DB419

split-complementary

#198BB4 #B4193D #B48F19

monochromatic

#0A3849 #12627E #198BB4 #29B1E1 #5FC4E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#198BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.39

#198BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198BB4

5.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198BB4	1.00	3.89	5.39	5.39
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7689B6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#627BB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009699

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 139, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.112 229.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adca',
    500: '#198bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198bb4;
$custom-light: #74adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.871,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59675,
    "c": 0.11164,
    "h": 229
  },
  "luminance": 0.21967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198BB4

secondary

#CD7A5C

accent

#6736F2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #198BB4

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

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