#1B6E8B#1B6E8B

#1B6E8B is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.132; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.088 H 226.7°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B6E8B
RGB	rgb(27, 110, 139)
HSL	hsl(196, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(196, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 20.9%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.13, -13.56, -22.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.13, 26.51, 239.23°)
OKLab	oklab(50.41% -0.0603 -0.064)
OKLCH	oklch(50.41% 0.088 226.7)
XYZ	xyz(10.6862, 13.2476, 26.4149)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B6E8B #8B381B

analogous

#1B8B70 #1B6E8B #1B368B

triadic

#1B6E8B #8B1B6E #6E8B1B

tetradic

#1B6E8B #701B8B #8B381B #368B1B

square

#1B6E8B #701B8B #8B381B #368B1B

split-complementary

#1B6E8B #8B1B36 #8B701B

monochromatic

#071D25 #114558 #1B6E8B #2597BE #45B4DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#1B6E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#1B6E8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1B6E8B

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B6E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1B6E8B	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#50618B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b6e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 110, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.088 226.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6b97ad',
    500: '#1b6e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b6e8b;
$custom-light: #6b97ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b6e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.536,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50405,
    "c": 0.08789,
    "h": 226.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.13249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B6E8B

secondary

#BC6445

accent

#6A3DEA

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B6E8B

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

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