#1C8CB4#1C8CB4

#1C8CB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 60.0% C 0.110 H 228.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C8CB4
RGB	rgb(28, 140, 180)
HSL	hsl(196, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(196, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 22.2%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -15.57, -29.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 33.23, 242.06°)
OKLab	oklab(59.97% -0.0733 -0.0827)
OKLCH	oklch(59.97% 0.11 228.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.0918, 22.2960, 46.5212)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C8CB4 #B4441C

analogous

#1CB490 #1C8CB4 #1C40B4

triadic

#1C8CB4 #B41C8C #8CB41C

tetradic

#1C8CB4 #901CB4 #B4441C #40B41C

square

#1C8CB4 #901CB4 #B4441C #40B41C

split-complementary

#1C8CB4 #B41C40 #B4901C

monochromatic

#0C3A4A #14637F #1C8CB4 #2FB0DF #64C4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#1C8CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#1C8CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C8CB4

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C8CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C8CB4	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#778AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#637CB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009799

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c8cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 140, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.0% 0.110 228.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75adca',
    500: '#1c8cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c8cb4;
$custom-light: #75adca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c8cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.789,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59967,
    "c": 0.11047,
    "h": 228.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.22298
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C8CB4

secondary

#CC7C60

accent

#6838F0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C8CB4

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

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