#1B8488#1B8488

#1B8488 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.185; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.089 H 198.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8488
RGB	rgb(27, 132, 136)
HSL	hsl(182, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.1%, 2.9%, 0%, 46.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.11, -26.39, -10.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.11, 28.35, 201.44°)
OKLab	oklab(55.99% -0.0841 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(55.99% 0.089 198.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1452, 18.5115, 26.1680)
Luminance	0.1851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8488 #881F1B

analogous

#1B8856 #1B8488 #1B4E88

triadic

#1B8488 #881B84 #84881B

tetradic

#1B8488 #561B88 #881F1B #4E881B

square

#1B8488 #561B88 #881F1B #4E881B

split-complementary

#1B8488 #881B4E #88561B

monochromatic

#072122 #115255 #1B8488 #25B6BB #44D4DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.47

#1B8488 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.70

#1B8488 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8488

4.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8488	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8488	1.00	4.47	4.70	4.70
#FFFFFF	4.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7A7E88

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7389

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8488;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 132, 136);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.089 198.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da8aa',
    500: '#1b8488',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8488;
$custom-light: #6da8aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8488",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 136
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.202,
    "s": 66.871,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55994,
    "c": 0.08886,
    "h": 198.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8488

secondary

#BB4844

accent

#443EEA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8488

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

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