#1A8B9E#1A8B9E

#1A8B9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A8B9E
RGB	rgb(26, 139, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 12%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.11, -22.83, -18.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.11, 29.45, 219.18°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.0817 -0.0519)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.097 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.8275, 21.1515, 35.5896)
Luminance	0.2115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A8B9E #9E2D1A

analogous

#1A9E6F #1A8B9E #1A499E

triadic

#1A8B9E #9E1A8B #8B9E1A

tetradic

#1A8B9E #6F1A9E #9E2D1A #499E1A

square

#1A8B9E #6F1A9E #9E2D1A #499E1A

split-complementary

#1A8B9E #9E1A49 #9E6F1A

monochromatic

#092F35 #115D69 #1A8B9E #23B9D3 #50CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#1A8B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#1A8B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A8B9E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A8B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A8B9E	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C869F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a8b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 139, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adba',
    500: '#1a8b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a8b9e;
$custom-light: #71adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a8b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.636,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58682,
    "c": 0.09677,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21153
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A8B9E

secondary

#C5604F

accent

#5339EE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A8B9E

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

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