#1B8585#1B8585

#1B8585 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.1% C 0.089 H 194.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8585
RGB	rgb(27, 133, 133)
HSL	hsl(180, 66%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(180, 80%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 0%, 0%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.33, -27.84, -8.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.33, 29.04, 196.55°)
OKLab	oklab(56.14% -0.0865 -0.023)
OKLCH	oklch(56.14% 0.089 194.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.0712, 18.6999, 25.1063)
Luminance	0.1870 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8585 #851B1B

analogous

#1B8550 #1B8585 #1B5085

triadic

#1B8585 #851B85 #85851B

tetradic

#1B8585 #501B85 #851B1B #50851B

square

#1B8585 #501B85 #851B1B #50851B

split-complementary

#1B8585 #851B50 #85501B

monochromatic

#061F1F #115252 #1B8585 #25B8B8 #42D9D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.43

#1B8585 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.74

#1B8585 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8585

4.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8585	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8585	1.00	4.43	4.74	4.74
#FFFFFF	4.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C7E85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7386

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8585;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 133, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.1% 0.089 194.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9a8',
    500: '#1b8585',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8585;
$custom-light: #6da9a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8585",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 66.25,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56142,
    "c": 0.08949,
    "h": 194.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18702
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8585

secondary

#B84444

accent

#3F3FE9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8585

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

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