#1A959F#1A959F

#1A959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 203.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A959F
RGB	rgb(26, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -27.59, -14.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 31.09, 207.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.091 -0.0399)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.099 203.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4286, 24.2155, 36.5496)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A959F #9F241A

analogous

#1A9F67 #1A959F #1A539F

triadic

#1A959F #9F1A95 #959F1A

tetradic

#1A959F #671A9F #9F241A #539F1A

square

#1A959F #671A9F #9F241A #539F1A

split-complementary

#1A959F #9F1A53 #9F671A

monochromatic

#093236 #11646A #1A959F #23C6D4 #51D8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#1A959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#1A959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A959F

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A959F	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#888EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 203.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4bb',
    500: '#1a959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a959f;
$custom-light: #72b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.511,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61273,
    "c": 0.09939,
    "h": 203.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A959F

secondary

#C55950

accent

#4739EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A959F

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

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