#1B5949#1B5949

#1B5949 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.079; OKLCH L 42.0% C 0.068 H 172.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B5949
RGB	rgb(27, 89, 73)
HSL	hsl(165, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(165, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 18%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(33.69, -24.03, 3.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(33.69, 24.29, 171.66°)
OKLab	oklab(41.97% -0.0678 0.0089)
OKLCH	oklch(41.97% 0.068 172.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.2264, 7.8582, 7.5434)
Luminance	0.0786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B5949 #591B2B

analogous

#1B592A #1B5949 #1B4A59

triadic

#1B5949 #491B59 #59491B

tetradic

#1B5949 #2A1B59 #591B2B #4A591B

square

#1B5949 #2A1B59 #591B2B #4A591B

split-complementary

#1B5949 #591B4A #592A1B

monochromatic

#071713 #0D2A22 #1B5949 #298870 #37B796

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.17

#1B5949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.57

#1B5949 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1B5949

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B5949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1B5949	1.00	8.17	2.57	8.17
#FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.57	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.17	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565348

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D4D4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005A54

Achromatopsia (no color)

#4F4F4F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b5949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 89, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.0% 0.068 172.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#60887b',
    500: '#1b5949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b5949;
$custom-light: #60887b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b5949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.516,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.41972,
    "c": 0.06841,
    "h": 172.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.07859
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B5949

secondary

#8F4155

accent

#4B71DD

background

#F5F8F7

surface

#EAF0ED

border

#C6CBC8

text

#050B09

muted

#797C7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B5949

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

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