#1A9F8E#1A9F8E

#1A9F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.109 H 181.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F8E
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -37.48, -0.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 37.49, 181.11°)
OKLab	oklab(63.25% -0.1088 -0.0026)
OKLCH	oklch(63.25% 0.109 181.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7042, 26.9666, 29.8579)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F8E #9F1A2B

analogous

#1A9F4C #1A9F8E #1A6E9F

triadic

#1A9F8E #8E1A9F #9F8E1A

tetradic

#1A9F8E #4C1A9F #9F1A2B #6E9F1A

square

#1A9F8E #4C1A9F #9F1A2B #6E9F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F8E #9F1A6E #9F4C1A

monochromatic

#093630 #116A5F #1A9F8E #23D4BD #51E3D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#1A9F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#1A9F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F8E

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F8E	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)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.109 181.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcaf',
    500: '#1a9f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f8e;
$custom-light: #72bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.331,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63247,
    "c": 0.10883,
    "h": 181.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F8E

secondary

#C5505F

accent

#3950EF

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F8E

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

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