#1B85A8#1B85A8

#1B85A8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.104 H 226.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B85A8
RGB	rgb(27, 133, 168)
HSL	hsl(195, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 20.8%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.65, -16.06, -26.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.65, 31.11, 238.92°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0715 -0.0749)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.104 226.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.9045, 19.8332, 40.0281)
Luminance	0.1983 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B85A8 #A83E1B

analogous

#1BA885 #1B85A8 #1B3EA8

triadic

#1B85A8 #A81B85 #85A81B

tetradic

#1B85A8 #851BA8 #A83E1B #3EA81B

square

#1B85A8 #851BA8 #A83E1B #3EA81B

split-complementary

#1B85A8 #A81B3E #A8851B

monochromatic

#0A323F #135B73 #1B85A8 #24AEDC #59C2E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#1B85A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#1B85A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B85A8

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B85A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B85A8	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7282AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6075A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b85a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 133, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.104 226.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72a8c2',
    500: '#1b85a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b85a8;
$custom-light: #72a8c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b85a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.894,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57638,
    "c": 0.10355,
    "h": 226.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.19835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B85A8

secondary

#C87357

accent

#6639EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#090F12

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B85A8

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

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