#1B8EA6#1B8EA6

#1B8EA6 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.8% C 0.100 H 216.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8EA6
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 166)
HSL	hsl(190, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 14.5%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.38, -21.60, -21.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.38, 30.32, 224.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.8% -0.0809 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(59.8% 0.1 216.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.0050, 22.3300, 39.4829)
Luminance	0.2233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8EA6 #A6331B

analogous

#1BA679 #1B8EA6 #1B48A6

triadic

#1B8EA6 #A61B8E #8EA61B

tetradic

#1B8EA6 #791BA6 #A6331B #48A61B

square

#1B8EA6 #791BA6 #A6331B #48A61B

split-complementary

#1B8EA6 #A61B48 #A6791B

monochromatic

#0A343D #126171 #1B8EA6 #24BBDB #58CCE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.84

#1B8EA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.47

#1B8EA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8EA6

5.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8EA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8EA6	1.00	3.84	5.47	5.47
#FFFFFF	3.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E89A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7CA6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009696

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8ea6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.8% 0.100 216.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72afc0',
    500: '#1b8ea6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8ea6;
$custom-light: #72afc0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8ea6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.36,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59803,
    "c": 0.10047,
    "h": 216.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.22332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8EA6

secondary

#C76956

accent

#5839EF

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8EA6

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

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