#1E8BAD#1E8BAD

#1E8BAD is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.105 H 224.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E8BAD
RGB	rgb(30, 139, 173)
HSL	hsl(194, 70%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(194, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.7%, 19.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.77, -17.32, -26.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.77, 31.44, 236.57°)
OKLab	oklab(59.42% -0.0743 -0.0737)
OKLCH	oklch(59.42% 0.105 224.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.3077, 21.7562, 42.8142)
Luminance	0.2176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E8BAD #AD401E

analogous

#1EAD88 #1E8BAD #1E43AD

triadic

#1E8BAD #AD1E8B #8BAD1E

tetradic

#1E8BAD #881EAD #AD401E #43AD1E

square

#1E8BAD #881EAD #AD401E #43AD1E

split-complementary

#1E8BAD #AD1E43 #AD881E

monochromatic

#0C3745 #156179 #1E8BAD #2EB2DB #62C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#1E8BAD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#1E8BAD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1E8BAD

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E8BAD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1E8BAD	1.00	3.92	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888AF

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667BAD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e8bad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 139, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.105 224.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc5',
    500: '#1e8bad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e8bad;
$custom-light: #74adc5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e8bad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.266,
    "s": 70.443,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5942,
    "c": 0.10466,
    "h": 224.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E8BAD

secondary

#C8785E

accent

#653BED

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E8BAD

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

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