#1A959E#1A959E

#1A959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A959E
RGB	rgb(26, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -27.91, -13.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 31.14, 206.34°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0915 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3422, 24.1809, 36.0945)
Luminance	0.2418 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A959E #9E231A

analogous

#1A9E65 #1A959E #1A539E

triadic

#1A959E #9E1A95 #959E1A

tetradic

#1A959E #651A9E #9E231A #539E1A

square

#1A959E #651A9E #9E231A #539E1A

split-complementary

#1A959E #9E1A53 #9E651A

monochromatic

#093235 #116369 #1A959E #23C7D3 #50D8E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#1A959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#1A959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A959E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A959E	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4ba',
    500: '#1a959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a959e;
$custom-light: #72b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.091,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61233,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24183
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A959E

secondary

#C5574F

accent

#4639EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A959E

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

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