#1A9F96#1A9F96

#1A9F96 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.106 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F96
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 150)
HSL	hsl(176, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(176, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 5.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, -35.17, -4.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 35.51, 187.96°)
OKLab	oklab(63.51% -0.105 -0.0139)
OKLCH	oklch(63.51% 0.106 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.3265, 27.2156, 33.1355)
Luminance	0.2722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F96 #9F1A23

analogous

#1A9F54 #1A9F96 #1A669F

triadic

#1A9F96 #961A9F #9F961A

tetradic

#1A9F96 #541A9F #9F1A23 #669F1A

square

#1A9F96 #541A9F #9F1A23 #669F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F96 #9F1A66 #9F541A

monochromatic

#093633 #116A64 #1A9F96 #23D4C8 #51E3D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#1A9F96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#1A9F96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F96

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F96	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858997

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.106 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb4',
    500: '#1a9f96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f96;
$custom-light: #73bcb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.94,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63511,
    "c": 0.10592,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27218
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F96

secondary

#C55058

accent

#3945EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F96

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

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