#1A959D#1A959D

#1A959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A959D
RGB	rgb(26, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.4%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.23, -28.23, -13.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.23, 31.21, 205.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.19% -0.0919 -0.037)
OKLCH	oklch(61.19% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2565, 24.1466, 35.6430)
Luminance	0.2415 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A959D #9D221A

analogous

#1A9D63 #1A959D #1A539D

triadic

#1A959D #9D1A95 #959D1A

tetradic

#1A959D #631A9D #9D221A #539D1A

square

#1A959D #631A9D #9D221A #539D1A

split-complementary

#1A959D #9D1A53 #9D631A

monochromatic

#093134 #116368 #1A959D #23C7D2 #4FD9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#1A959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#1A959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A959D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A959D	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4b9',
    500: '#1a959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a959d;
$custom-light: #72b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.664,
    "s": 71.585,
    "l": 35.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61194,
    "c": 0.09908,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A959D

secondary

#C4564E

accent

#4539EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A959D

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

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