#1A9D9F#1A9D9F

#1A9D9F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 196.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9D9F
RGB	rgb(26, 157, 159)
HSL	hsl(181, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.82, -31.50, -10.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.82, 33.22, 198.51°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.0989 -0.0293)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.103 196.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7381, 26.8344, 36.9861)
Luminance	0.2684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9D9F #9F1C1A

analogous

#1A9F5F #1A9D9F #1A5B9F

triadic

#1A9D9F #9F1A9D #9D9F1A

tetradic

#1A9D9F #5F1A9F #9F1C1A #5B9F1A

square

#1A9D9F #5F1A9F #9F1C1A #5B9F1A

split-complementary

#1A9D9F #9F1A5B #9F5F1A

monochromatic

#093536 #11696A #1A9D9F #23D1D4 #51E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#1A9D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#1A9D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9D9F

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9D9F	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#92959F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8088A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 157, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 196.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73babb',
    500: '#1a9d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9d9f;
$custom-light: #73babb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.902,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63316,
    "c": 0.10314,
    "h": 196.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9D9F

secondary

#C55150

accent

#3C39EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9D9F

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

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