#1A9CB3#1A9CB3

#1A9CB3 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9CB3
RGB	rgb(26, 156, 179)
HSL	hsl(189, 75%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 70%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.20, -24.56, -21.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.20, 32.51, 220.93°)
OKLab	oklab(63.86% -0.0892 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(63.86% 0.107 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.4476, 27.2486, 46.8209)
Luminance	0.2725 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9CB3 #B3311A

analogous

#1AB37E #1A9CB3 #1A4FB3

triadic

#1A9CB3 #B31A9C #9CB31A

tetradic

#1A9CB3 #7E1AB3 #B3311A #4FB31A

square

#1A9CB3 #7E1AB3 #B3311A #4FB31A

split-complementary

#1A9CB3 #B31A4F #B37E1A

monochromatic

#0A3F48 #126D7E #1A9CB3 #2AC5E0 #60D3E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#1A9CB3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.45

#1A9CB3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9CB3

6.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9CB3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9CB3	1.00	3.26	6.45	6.45
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B4

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7888B3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9cb3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 156, 179);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9c9',
    500: '#1a9cb3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9cb3;
$custom-light: #76b9c9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9cb3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 179
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.02,
    "s": 74.634,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63857,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9CB3

secondary

#CC6D5D

accent

#5337F1

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9CB3

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

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