#1A90B4#1A90B4

#1A90B4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.9% C 0.110 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A90B4
RGB	rgb(26, 144, 180)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 86%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 20%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.54, -17.91, -27.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.54, 32.81, 236.93°)
OKLab	oklab(60.92% -0.0776 -0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(60.92% 0.11 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.6340, 23.4590, 46.7171)
Luminance	0.2346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A90B4 #B43E1A

analogous

#1AB48B #1A90B4 #1A43B4

triadic

#1A90B4 #B41A90 #90B41A

tetradic

#1A90B4 #8B1AB4 #B43E1A #43B41A

square

#1A90B4 #8B1AB4 #B43E1A #43B41A

split-complementary

#1A90B4 #B41A43 #B48B1A

monochromatic

#0B3A49 #12657F #1A90B4 #2BB6E0 #60C8E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#1A90B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#1A90B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A90B4

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A90B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A90B4	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8DB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#687FB4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B9C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a90b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 144, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.9% 0.110 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b0ca',
    500: '#1a90b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a90b4;
$custom-light: #75b0ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a90b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.026,
    "s": 74.757,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60923,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.23461
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A90B4

secondary

#CC775D

accent

#6236F1

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A90B4

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

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