#1A9F99#1A9F99

#1A9F99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.105 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F99
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 3.8%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.26, -34.27, -6.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.26, 34.88, 190.71°)
OKLab	oklab(63.61% -0.1036 -0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(63.61% 0.105 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.5711, 27.3134, 34.4240)
Luminance	0.2732 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F99 #9F1A20

analogous

#1A9F57 #1A9F99 #1A639F

triadic

#1A9F99 #991A9F #9F991A

tetradic

#1A9F99 #571A9F #9F1A20 #639F1A

square

#1A9F99 #571A9F #9F1A20 #639F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F99 #9F1A63 #9F571A

monochromatic

#093634 #116A66 #1A9F99 #23D4CC #51E3DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#1A9F99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#1A9F99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F99

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F99	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#959699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#84899A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.105 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb7',
    500: '#1a9f99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f99;
$custom-light: #73bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.293,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63614,
    "c": 0.10518,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F99

secondary

#C55055

accent

#3941EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F99

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

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