#1B8AAA#1B8AAA

#1B8AAA is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.213; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.104 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#1B8AAA
RGBrgb(27, 138, 170)
HSLhsl(193, 73%, 39%)
HSVhsv(193, 84%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(84.1%, 18.8%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(53.29, -18.09, -25.26)
CIE-LCHlch(53.29, 31.06, 234.39°)
OKLaboklab(58.98% -0.0755 -0.0709)
OKLCHoklch(58.98% 0.104 223.2)
XYZxyz(16.7931, 21.3101, 41.2506)
Luminance0.2131 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familycyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#1B8AAA #AA3B1B
analogous
#1BAA82 #1B8AAA #1B42AA
triadic
#1B8AAA #AA1B8A #8AAA1B
tetradic
#1B8AAA #821BAA #AA3B1B #42AA1B
square
#1B8AAA #821BAA #AA3B1B #42AA1B
split-complementary
#1B8AAA #AA1B42 #AA821B
monochromatic
#0A3440 #135F75 #1B8AAA #26B4DC #5BC6E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.99
#1B8AAA on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.26
#1B8AAA on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8AAA
5.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##1B8AAA#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##1B8AAA1.003.995.265.26
#FFFFFF3.991.0021.0021.00
#0000005.2621.001.001.00
##0000005.2621.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7887AC
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#657AAA
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#009494
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #1b8aaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 138, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.104 223.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73acc3',
    500: '#1b8aaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #1b8aaa;
$custom-light: #73acc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#1b8aaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.427,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58981,
    "c": 0.10356,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#1B8AAA
secondary
#C97158
accent
#6139EF
background
#F7FAFC
surface
#EEF4F8
border
#C9CED1
text
#091012
muted
#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8AAA

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#1B8AAA Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva