#1A979E#1A979E

#1A979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A979E
RGB	rgb(26, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -28.90, -12.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 31.63, 204.00°)
OKLab	oklab(61.75% -0.0934 -0.0358)
OKLCH	oklch(61.75% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(17.6613, 24.8192, 36.2009)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A979E #9E211A

analogous

#1A9E63 #1A979E #1A559E

triadic

#1A979E #9E1A97 #979E1A

tetradic

#1A979E #631A9E #9E211A #559E1A

square

#1A979E #631A9E #9E211A #559E1A

split-complementary

#1A979E #9E1A55 #9E631A

monochromatic

#093335 #116569 #1A979E #23C9D3 #50DAE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1A979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#1A979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A979E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A979E	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6ba',
    500: '#1a979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a979e;
$custom-light: #72b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61745,
    "c": 0.10006,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.24821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A979E

secondary

#C5554F

accent

#4339EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A979E

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

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