#1C8EA8#1C8EA8

#1C8EA8 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.224; OKLCH L 59.9% C 0.101 H 218.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C8EA8
RGB	rgb(28, 142, 168)
HSL	hsl(191, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(191, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 15.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.47, -20.83, -22.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.47, 30.51, 226.93°)
OKLab	oklab(59.91% -0.0798 -0.0624)
OKLCH	oklch(59.91% 0.101 218)
XYZ	xyz(17.2167, 22.4178, 40.4579)
Luminance	0.2242 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C8EA8 #A8361C

analogous

#1CA87C #1C8EA8 #1C48A8

triadic

#1C8EA8 #A81C8E #8EA81C

tetradic

#1C8EA8 #7C1CA8 #A8361C #48A81C

square

#1C8EA8 #7C1CA8 #A8361C #48A81C

split-complementary

#1C8EA8 #A81C48 #A87C1C

monochromatic

#0B353F #136274 #1C8EA8 #26B9DB #5BCAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.83

#1C8EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.48

#1C8EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C8EA8

5.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C8EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C8EA8	1.00	3.83	5.48	5.48
#FFFFFF	3.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D8AA9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7DA8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009796

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c8ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 142, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.9% 0.101 218.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73afc2',
    500: '#1c8ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c8ea8;
$custom-light: #73afc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c8ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.143,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59907,
    "c": 0.10131,
    "h": 218
  },
  "luminance": 0.2242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C8EA8

secondary

#C76D58

accent

#5B3AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EEF4F7

border

#C9CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C8EA8

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

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