#1A9979#1A9979

#1A9979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.0% C 0.115 H 170.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9979
RGB	rgb(26, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 71%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 83%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.47, -40.56, 7.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.47, 41.27, 169.38°)
OKLab	oklab(61.04% -0.1131 0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(61.04% 0.115 170.3)
XYZ	xyz(15.2665, 24.3806, 21.9868)
Luminance	0.2438 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9979 #991A3A

analogous

#1A993A #1A9979 #1A7999

triadic

#1A9979 #791A99 #99791A

tetradic

#1A9979 #3A1A99 #991A3A #79991A

square

#1A9979 #3A1A99 #991A3A #79991A

split-complementary

#1A9979 #991A79 #993A1A

monochromatic

#083026 #116550 #1A9979 #23CDA2 #4DE1BB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#1A9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#1A9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9979

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9979	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85837B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.0% 0.115 170.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fb89f',
    500: '#1a9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9979;
$custom-light: #6fb89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.882,
    "s": 70.95,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61037,
    "c": 0.11472,
    "h": 170.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24383
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9979

secondary

#C34C6A

accent

#3A67EE

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9979

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

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