#198EB4#198EB4

#198EB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.228; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.110 H 226.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#198EB4
RGB	rgb(25, 142, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 76%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.1%, 21.1%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.91, -16.90, -28.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.91, 33.11, 239.32°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.076 -0.0801)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.11 226.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3087, 22.8456, 46.6158)
Luminance	0.2285 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#198EB4 #B43F19

analogous

#19B48D #198EB4 #1940B4

triadic

#198EB4 #B4198E #8EB419

tetradic

#198EB4 #8D19B4 #B43F19 #40B419

square

#198EB4 #8D19B4 #B43F19 #40B419

split-complementary

#198EB4 #B41940 #B48D19

monochromatic

#0A3949 #12647E #198EB4 #29B4E1 #5FC7E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.77

#198EB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.57

#198EB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #198EB4

5.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##198EB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##198EB4	1.00	3.77	5.57	5.57
#FFFFFF	3.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#798BB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667DB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00999B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #198eb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(25, 142, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.110 226.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afca',
    500: '#198eb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #198eb4;
$custom-light: #74afca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#198eb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 25,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.71,
    "s": 75.61,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60414,
    "c": 0.11041,
    "h": 226.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#198EB4

secondary

#CD785C

accent

#6436F2

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #198EB4

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

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