#1B8499#1B8499

#1B8499 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.190; OKLCH L 56.7% C 0.094 H 215.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8499
RGB	rgb(27, 132, 153)
HSL	hsl(190, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(190, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 13.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.73, -20.75, -19.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.73, 28.38, 223.00°)
OKLab	oklab(56.7% -0.0766 -0.0541)
OKLCH	oklch(56.7% 0.094 215.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.4505, 19.0336, 33.0431)
Luminance	0.1903 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8499 #99301B

analogous

#1B996F #1B8499 #1B4599

triadic

#1B8499 #991B84 #84991B

tetradic

#1B8499 #6F1B99 #99301B #45991B

square

#1B8499 #6F1B99 #99301B #45991B

split-complementary

#1B8499 #991B45 #996F1B

monochromatic

#092A31 #125765 #1B8499 #24B1CD #4FC8E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#1B8499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#1B8499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8499

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8499	1.00	4.37	4.81	4.81
#FFFFFF	4.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#75809A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#657499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008C8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 132, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.7% 0.094 215.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa8b7',
    500: '#1b8499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8499;
$custom-light: #6fa8b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 132,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 190,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56696,
    "c": 0.09373,
    "h": 215.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.19035
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8499

secondary

#C2614E

accent

#593BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#090F11

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8499

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

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