#1A979F#1A979F

#1A979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A979F
RGB	rgb(26, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -28.58, -13.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 31.56, 205.10°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.093 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7478, 24.8538, 36.6560)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A979F #9F221A

analogous

#1A9F65 #1A979F #1A559F

triadic

#1A979F #9F1A97 #979F1A

tetradic

#1A979F #651A9F #9F221A #559F1A

square

#1A979F #651A9F #9F221A #559F1A

split-complementary

#1A979F #9F1A55 #9F651A

monochromatic

#093336 #11656A #1A979F #23C9D4 #51DAE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1A979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#1A979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A979F

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A979F	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6bb',
    500: '#1a979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a979f;
$custom-light: #72b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.609,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61783,
    "c": 0.10018,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24856
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A979F

secondary

#C55750

accent

#4439EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A979F

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

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