#1B838E#1B838E

#1B838E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.089 H 205.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B838E
RGB	rgb(27, 131, 142)
HSL	hsl(186, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 7.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.00, -23.93, -14.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.00, 27.75, 210.41°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0803 -0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.089 205.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.4486, 18.4169, 28.4320)
Luminance	0.1842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B838E #8E261B

analogous

#1B8E5F #1B838E #1B498E

triadic

#1B838E #8E1B83 #838E1B

tetradic

#1B838E #5F1B8E #8E261B #498E1B

square

#1B838E #5F1B8E #8E261B #498E1B

split-complementary

#1B838E #8E1B49 #8E5F1B

monochromatic

#072427 #11545B #1B838E #25B2C1 #47CEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#1B838E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.68

#1B838E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B838E

4.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B838E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B838E	1.00	4.48	4.68	4.68
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#777D8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b838e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 131, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.089 205.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea7af',
    500: '#1b838e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b838e;
$custom-light: #6ea7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b838e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.739,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.08932,
    "h": 205.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18419
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B838E

secondary

#BE5247

accent

#4E3DEB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B838E

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

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