#1C8DB4#1C8DB4

#1C8DB4 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.110 H 227.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C8DB4
RGB	rgb(28, 141, 180)
HSL	hsl(195, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(195, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 21.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.65, -16.12, -28.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.65, 33.08, 240.84°)
OKLab	oklab(60.21% -0.0742 -0.0813)
OKLCH	oklch(60.21% 0.11 227.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2386, 22.5896, 46.5701)
Luminance	0.2259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C8DB4 #B4431C

analogous

#1CB48F #1C8DB4 #1C41B4

triadic

#1C8DB4 #B41C8D #8DB41C

tetradic

#1C8DB4 #8F1CB4 #B4431C #41B41C

square

#1C8DB4 #8F1CB4 #B4431C #41B41C

split-complementary

#1C8DB4 #B41C41 #B48F1C

monochromatic

#0C3A4A #14647F #1C8DB4 #2FB1DF #64C5E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.81

#1C8DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.52

#1C8DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C8DB4

5.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C8DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C8DB4	1.00	3.81	5.52	5.52
#FFFFFF	3.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#788AB6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657DB3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00989A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c8db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 141, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.110 227.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75aeca',
    500: '#1c8db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c8db4;
$custom-light: #75aeca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c8db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.395,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60213,
    "c": 0.11005,
    "h": 227.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.22592
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C8DB4

secondary

#CC7C60

accent

#6738F0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C8DB4

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

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