#1A9F9C#1A9F9C

#1A9F9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.105 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1A9F9C
RGB	rgb(26, 159, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 72%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(179, 84%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.36, -33.37, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.36, 34.33, 193.56°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.1022 -0.0225)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.105 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.8220, 27.4138, 35.7454)
Luminance	0.2742 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1A9F9C #9F1A1D

analogous

#1A9F5A #1A9F9C #1A609F

triadic

#1A9F9C #9C1A9F #9F9C1A

tetradic

#1A9F9C #5A1A9F #9F1A1D #609F1A

square

#1A9F9C #5A1A9F #9F1A1D #609F1A

split-complementary

#1A9F9C #9F1A60 #9F5A1A

monochromatic

#093635 #116A68 #1A9F9C #23D4D0 #51E3DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#1A9F9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#1A9F9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1A9F9C

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1A9F9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1A9F9C	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)

#95969C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#83899D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1a9f9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(26, 159, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.105 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bcb9',
    500: '#1a9f9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1a9f9c;
$custom-light: #73bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1a9f9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 26,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.647,
    "s": 71.892,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6372,
    "c": 0.10465,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1A9F9C

secondary

#C55052

accent

#393DEF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1A9F9C

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

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