#1B8FAE#1B8FAE

#1B8FAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.229; OKLCH L 60.4% C 0.105 H 221.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8FAE
RGB	rgb(27, 143, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 17.8%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.00, -19.38, -24.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.00, 31.56, 232.11°)
OKLab	oklab(60.41% -0.0787 -0.0698)
OKLCH	oklch(60.41% 0.105 221.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.9112, 22.9316, 43.5184)
Luminance	0.2293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8FAE #AE3A1B

analogous

#1BAE84 #1B8FAE #1B46AE

triadic

#1B8FAE #AE1B8F #8FAE1B

tetradic

#1B8FAE #841BAE #AE3A1B #46AE1B

square

#1B8FAE #841BAE #AE3A1B #46AE1B

split-complementary

#1B8FAE #AE1B46 #AE841B

monochromatic

#0B3844 #136379 #1B8FAE #28B7DE #5DC9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.76

#1B8FAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.59

#1B8FAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8FAE

5.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8FAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8FAE	1.00	3.76	5.59	5.59
#FFFFFF	3.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8BB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7EAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009999

Achromatopsia (no color)

#848484

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8fae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 143, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.4% 0.105 221.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b0c6',
    500: '#1b8fae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8fae;
$custom-light: #74b0c6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8fae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 192.653,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60412,
    "c": 0.10521,
    "h": 221.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8FAE

secondary

#CA725B

accent

#5F38F0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8FAE

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

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