#1B8496#1B8496

#1B8496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.092 H 212.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8496
RGB	rgb(27, 132, 150)
HSL	hsl(189, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 12%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.61, -21.77, -17.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.61, 28.11, 219.24°)
OKLab	oklab(56.57% -0.0778 -0.0496)
OKLCH	oklch(56.57% 0.092 212.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.2059, 18.9358, 31.7545)
Luminance	0.1894 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8496 #962D1B

analogous

#1B966A #1B8496 #1B4796

triadic

#1B8496 #961B84 #84961B

tetradic

#1B8496 #6A1B96 #962D1B #47961B

square

#1B8496 #6A1B96 #962D1B #47961B

split-complementary

#1B8496 #961B47 #966A1B

monochromatic

#08292E #125662 #1B8496 #24B2CA #4DC9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#1B8496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.79

#1B8496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8496

4.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8496	1.00	4.39	4.79	4.79
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#767F97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#667396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 132, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.092 212.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa8b4',
    500: '#1b8496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8496;
$custom-light: #6fa8b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.78,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56566,
    "c": 0.0923,
    "h": 212.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.18938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8496

secondary

#C15D4C

accent

#553BEC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8496

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

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