#1A9E99#1A9E99

#1A9E99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.104 H 190.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9E99
RGB	rgb(26, 158, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.5%, 0%, 3.2%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.95, -33.81, -6.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.95, 34.51, 191.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.1026 -0.0194)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.104 190.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.3999, 26.9709, 34.3669)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9E99 #9E1A1F

analogous

#1A9E57 #1A9E99 #1A619E

triadic

#1A9E99 #991A9E #9E991A

tetradic

#1A9E99 #571A9E #9E1A1F #619E1A

square

#1A9E99 #571A9E #9E1A1F #619E1A

split-complementary

#1A9E99 #9E1A61 #9E571A

monochromatic

#093533 #116966 #1A9E99 #23D3CC #50E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#1A9E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#1A9E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9E99

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9E99	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	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)

#949599

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 158, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.104 190.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bbb7',
    500: '#1a9e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9e99;
$custom-light: #73bbb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.727,
    "s": 71.739,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63357,
    "c": 0.10444,
    "h": 190.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9E99

secondary

#C54F54

accent

#3940EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9E99

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

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