#1A9E79#1A9E79

#1A9E79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9E79
RGB	rgb(26, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -42.67, 9.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 43.81, 166.93°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.1181 0.0253)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.121 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1021, 26.0518, 22.2653)
Luminance	0.2605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9E79 #9E1A3F

analogous

#1A9E37 #1A9E79 #1A819E

triadic

#1A9E79 #791A9E #9E791A

tetradic

#1A9E79 #371A9E #9E1A3F #819E1A

square

#1A9E79 #371A9E #9E1A3F #819E1A

split-complementary

#1A9E79 #9E1A81 #9E371A

monochromatic

#093529 #116951 #1A9E79 #23D3A1 #50E2B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#1A9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#1A9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9E79

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9E79	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70bb9f',
    500: '#1a9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9e79;
$custom-light: #70bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.182,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62367,
    "c": 0.12075,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26054
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9E79

secondary

#C54F70

accent

#396CEE

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9E79

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

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