#1A9E8B#1A9E8B

#1A9E8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.109 H 179.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9E8B
RGB	rgb(26, 158, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 12%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.54, -37.88, 0.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.54, 37.88, 179.41°)
OKLab	oklab(62.89% -0.1092 0.0004)
OKLCH	oklch(62.89% 0.109 179.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3107, 26.5352, 28.6305)
Luminance	0.2654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9E8B #9E1A2D

analogous

#1A9E49 #1A9E8B #1A6F9E

triadic

#1A9E8B #8B1A9E #9E8B1A

tetradic

#1A9E8B #491A9E #9E1A2D #6F9E1A

square

#1A9E8B #491A9E #9E1A2D #6F9E1A

split-complementary

#1A9E8B #9E1A6F #9E491A

monochromatic

#09352F #11695D #1A9E8B #23D3B9 #50E2CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#1A9E8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31

#1A9E8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9E8B

6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9E8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9E8B	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97948A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86888D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9e8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 158, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.109 179.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbac',
    500: '#1a9e8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9e8b;
$custom-light: #71bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9e8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 171.364,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62891,
    "c": 0.10925,
    "h": 179.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9E8B

secondary

#C54F60

accent

#3953EE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9E8B

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

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