#1A9E98#1A9E98

#1A9E98 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.105 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9E98
RGB	rgb(26, 158, 152)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 3.8%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.92, -34.11, -6.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.92, 34.71, 190.68°)
OKLab	oklab(63.32% -0.1031 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(63.32% 0.105 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.3176, 26.9380, 33.9338)
Luminance	0.2694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9E98 #9E1A20

analogous

#1A9E56 #1A9E98 #1A629E

triadic

#1A9E98 #981A9E #9E981A

tetradic

#1A9E98 #561A9E #9E1A20 #629E1A

square

#1A9E98 #561A9E #9E1A20 #629E1A

split-complementary

#1A9E98 #9E1A62 #9E561A

monochromatic

#093533 #116965 #1A9E98 #23D3CB #50E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#1A9E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#1A9E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9E98

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9E98	1.00	3.29	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#949598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 158, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.105 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb6',
    500: '#1a9e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9e98;
$custom-light: #73bbb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.273,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63322,
    "c": 0.10464,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.2694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9E98

secondary

#C54F54

accent

#3942EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9E98

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

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