#1A9B9E#1A9B9E

#1A9B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.102 H 197.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9B9E
RGB	rgb(26, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.16, -30.85, -10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.16, 32.74, 199.58°)
OKLab	oklab(62.77% -0.0974 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(62.77% 0.102 197.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.3160, 26.1286, 36.4191)
Luminance	0.2613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9B9E #9E1D1A

analogous

#1A9E5F #1A9B9E #1A599E

triadic

#1A9B9E #9E1A9B #9B9E1A

tetradic

#1A9B9E #5F1A9E #9E1D1A #599E1A

square

#1A9B9E #5F1A9E #9E1D1A #599E1A

split-complementary

#1A9B9E #9E1A59 #9E5F1A

monochromatic

#093435 #116769 #1A9B9E #23CFD3 #50DFE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.37

#1A9B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.23

#1A9B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9B9E

6.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9B9E	1.00	3.37	6.23	6.23
#FFFFFF	3.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.102 197.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9ba',
    500: '#1a9b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9b9e;
$custom-light: #73b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62768,
    "c": 0.10204,
    "h": 197.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9B9E

secondary

#C5524F

accent

#3D39EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9B9E

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

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