#1C8CA4#1C8CA4

#1C8CA4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.217; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.099 H 216.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C8CA4
RGB	rgb(28, 140, 164)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 83%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 14.6%, 0%, 35.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.69, -21.14, -21.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.69, 29.93, 225.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.23% -0.0795 -0.0592)
OKLCH	oklch(59.23% 0.099 216.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.5549, 21.6813, 38.4271)
Luminance	0.2168 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C8CA4 #A4341C

analogous

#1CA478 #1C8CA4 #1C48A4

triadic

#1C8CA4 #A41C8C #8CA41C

tetradic

#1C8CA4 #781CA4 #A4341C #48A41C

square

#1C8CA4 #781CA4 #A4341C #48A41C

split-complementary

#1C8CA4 #A41C48 #A4781C

monochromatic

#0A333B #135F70 #1C8CA4 #25B9D8 #58CAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#1C8CA4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.34

#1C8CA4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C8CA4

5.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C8CA4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C8CA4	1.00	3.94	5.34	5.34
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C88A5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A7BA4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009494

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c8ca4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 140, 164);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.099 216.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72aebf',
    500: '#1c8ca4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c8ca4;
$custom-light: #72aebf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c8ca4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 164
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190.588,
    "s": 70.833,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59227,
    "c": 0.09917,
    "h": 216.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21683
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C8CA4

secondary

#C66A56

accent

#5A3AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C8CA4

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

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