#1E8BAE#1E8BAE

#1E8BAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.5% C 0.105 H 225.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E8BAE
RGB	rgb(30, 139, 174)
HSL	hsl(195, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(195, 83%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 20.1%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.81, -16.97, -26.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.81, 31.67, 237.60°)
OKLab	oklab(59.47% -0.074 -0.0751)
OKLCH	oklch(59.47% 0.105 225.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4048, 21.7951, 43.3257)
Luminance	0.2180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E8BAE #AE411E

analogous

#1EAE89 #1E8BAE #1E43AE

triadic

#1E8BAE #AE1E8B #8BAE1E

tetradic

#1E8BAE #891EAE #AE411E #43AE1E

square

#1E8BAE #891EAE #AE411E #43AE1E

split-complementary

#1E8BAE #AE1E43 #AE891E

monochromatic

#0C3846 #15617A #1E8BAE #2EB1DB #62C5E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#1E8BAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#1E8BAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1E8BAE

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E8BAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1E8BAE	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7888B0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657BAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009596

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e8bae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 139, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.5% 0.105 225.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74adc6',
    500: '#1e8bae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e8bae;
$custom-light: #74adc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e8bae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.583,
    "s": 70.588,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59467,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 225.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E8BAE

secondary

#C9795F

accent

#663AED

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E8BAE

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

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