#1A9F8B#1A9F8B

#1A9F8B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.110 H 179.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F8B
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 139)
HSL	hsl(171, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 12.6%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, -38.33, 0.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 38.34, 178.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.15% -0.1102 0.0017)
OKLCH	oklch(63.15% 0.11 179.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4820, 26.8777, 28.6876)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F8B #9F1A2E

analogous

#1A9F48 #1A9F8B #1A719F

triadic

#1A9F8B #8B1A9F #9F8B1A

tetradic

#1A9F8B #481A9F #9F1A2E #719F1A

square

#1A9F8B #481A9F #9F1A2E #719F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F8B #9F1A71 #9F481A

monochromatic

#09362F #116A5D #1A9F8B #23D4B9 #51E3CD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#1A9F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#1A9F8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F8B

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F8B	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98958A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87898D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A299

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.110 179.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcac',
    500: '#1a9f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f8b;
$custom-light: #72bcac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.977,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63152,
    "c": 0.11026,
    "h": 179.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.2688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F8B

secondary

#C55061

accent

#3954EF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F8B

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

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