#1A9F9B#1A9F9B

#1A9F9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 191.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F9B
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 155)
HSL	hsl(178, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 2.5%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.32, -33.67, -7.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.32, 34.50, 192.60°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.1027 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.105 191.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.7377, 27.3800, 35.3013)
Luminance	0.2738 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F9B #9F1A1E

analogous

#1A9F59 #1A9F9B #1A619F

triadic

#1A9F9B #9B1A9F #9F9B1A

tetradic

#1A9F9B #591A9F #9F1A1E #619F1A

square

#1A9F9B #591A9F #9F1A1E #619F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F9B #9F1A61 #9F591A

monochromatic

#093634 #116A68 #1A9F9B #23D4CE #51E3DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#1A9F9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#1A9F9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F9B

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F9B	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95969B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 191.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb8',
    500: '#1a9f9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f9b;
$custom-light: #73bcb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.195,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63685,
    "c": 0.1048,
    "h": 191.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F9B

secondary

#C55053

accent

#393FEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F9B

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

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