#1B97BC#1B97BC

#1B97BC is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.113 H 224.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B97BC
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 188)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(194, 86%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 19.7%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.03, -18.80, -28.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.03, 33.88, 236.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.03% -0.0807 -0.0792)
OKLCH	oklch(63.03% 0.113 224.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.5919, 25.9944, 51.4993)
Luminance	0.2600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B97BC #BC401B

analogous

#1BBC91 #1B97BC #1B46BC

triadic

#1B97BC #BC1B97 #97BC1B

tetradic

#1B97BC #911BBC #BC401B #46BC1B

square

#1B97BC #911BBC #BC401B #46BC1B

split-complementary

#1B97BC #BC1B46 #BC911B

monochromatic

#0C4151 #136C86 #1B97BC #33B9E2 #68CCE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#1B97BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.20

#1B97BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B97BC

6.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B97BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B97BC	1.00	3.39	6.20	6.20
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8294BE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E85BC

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A2A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b97bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.113 224.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#77b5d0',
    500: '#1b97bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b97bc;
$custom-light: #77b5d0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b97bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.789,
    "s": 74.884,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63034,
    "c": 0.1131,
    "h": 224.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B97BC

secondary

#CF7D64

accent

#6136F2

background

#F8FBFC

surface

#EFF6F9

border

#CAD0D2

text

#0A1114

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B97BC

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

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