#1A838E#1A838E

#1A838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.090 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A838E
RGB	rgb(26, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.98, -24.03, -14.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.98, 27.84, 210.35°)
OKLab	oklab(55.95% -0.0806 -0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(55.95% 0.09 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4226, 18.4035, 28.4307)
Luminance	0.1840 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A838E #8E251A

analogous

#1A8E5F #1A838E #1A498E

triadic

#1A838E #8E1A83 #838E1A

tetradic

#1A838E #5F1A8E #8E251A #498E1A

square

#1A838E #5F1A8E #8E251A #498E1A

split-complementary

#1A838E #8E1A49 #8E5F1A

monochromatic

#072427 #11535A #1A838E #23B3C2 #45CFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.49

#1A838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#1A838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A838E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A838E	1.00	4.49	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.090 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da7af',
    500: '#1a838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a838e;
$custom-light: #6da7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.69,
    "s": 69.048,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55954,
    "c": 0.08965,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A838E

secondary

#BE5145

accent

#4D3CEC

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A838E

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

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