#1B5956#1B5956

#1B5956 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.081; OKLCH L 42.4% C 0.062 H 190.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B5956
RGB	rgb(27, 89, 86)
HSL	hsl(177, 53%, 23%)
HSV	hsv(177, 70%, 35%)
CMYK	cmyk(69.7%, 0%, 3.4%, 65.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.08, -20.13, -4.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.08, 20.54, 191.37°)
OKLab	oklab(42.43% -0.061 -0.0113)
OKLCH	oklch(42.43% 0.062 190.5)
XYZ	xyz(5.7033, 8.0490, 10.0553)
Luminance	0.0805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B5956 #591B1E

analogous

#1B5937 #1B5956 #1B3D59

triadic

#1B5956 #561B59 #59561B

tetradic

#1B5956 #371B59 #591B1E #3D591B

square

#1B5956 #371B59 #591B1E #3D591B

split-complementary

#1B5956 #591B3D #59371B

monochromatic

#071717 #0D2A29 #1B5956 #298883 #37B7B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

8.05

#1B5956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.61

#1B5956 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #1B5956

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B5956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##1B5956	1.00	8.05	2.61	8.05
#FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	8.05	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#545456

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A4D57

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005C58

Achromatopsia (no color)

#505050

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b5956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 89, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.4% 0.062 190.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#618885',
    500: '#1b5956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b5956;
$custom-light: #618885;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b5956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 89,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.097,
    "s": 53.448,
    "l": 22.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42429,
    "c": 0.06208,
    "h": 190.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.0805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B5956

secondary

#8F4145

accent

#4B52DD

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B5956

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

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