#1B85A6#1B85A6

#1B85A6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.5% C 0.102 H 224.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B85A6
RGB	rgb(27, 133, 166)
HSL	hsl(194, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(194, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 19.9%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.56, -16.77, -25.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.56, 30.61, 236.79°)
OKLab	oklab(57.54% -0.0723 -0.0719)
OKLCH	oklch(57.54% 0.102 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.7196, 19.7592, 39.0544)
Luminance	0.1976 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B85A6 #A63C1B

analogous

#1BA682 #1B85A6 #1B3FA6

triadic

#1B85A6 #A61B85 #85A61B

tetradic

#1B85A6 #821BA6 #A63C1B #3FA61B

square

#1B85A6 #821BA6 #A63C1B #3FA61B

split-complementary

#1B85A6 #A61B3F #A6821B

monochromatic

#0A313D #125B71 #1B85A6 #24AFDB #58C3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.24

#1B85A6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.95

#1B85A6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B85A6

4.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B85A6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B85A6	1.00	4.24	4.95	4.95
#FFFFFF	4.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7382A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6175A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b85a6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 133, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.5% 0.102 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71a8c0',
    500: '#1b85a6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b85a6;
$custom-light: #71a8c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b85a6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.245,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57543,
    "c": 0.10199,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.19761
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B85A6

secondary

#C77156

accent

#6439EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F7

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B85A6

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

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