#1B8586#1B8586

#1B8586 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.187; OKLCH L 56.2% C 0.089 H 195.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8586
RGB	rgb(27, 133, 134)
HSL	hsl(181, 66%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 53%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.9%, 0.7%, 0%, 47.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.37, -27.52, -8.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.37, 28.90, 197.74°)
OKLab	oklab(56.18% -0.086 -0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(56.18% 0.089 195.9)
XYZ	xyz(13.1406, 18.7277, 25.4719)
Luminance	0.1873 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8586 #861C1B

analogous

#1B8652 #1B8586 #1B5086

triadic

#1B8586 #861B85 #85861B

tetradic

#1B8586 #521B86 #861C1B #50861B

square

#1B8586 #521B86 #861C1B #50861B

split-complementary

#1B8586 #861B50 #86521B

monochromatic

#062020 #115253 #1B8586 #25B8B9 #42D8D9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.42

#1B8586 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.75

#1B8586 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8586

4.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8586	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8586	1.00	4.42	4.75	4.75
#FFFFFF	4.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B7E86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7387

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008A85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8586;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 133, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.2% 0.089 195.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6da9a9',
    500: '#1b8586',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8586;
$custom-light: #6da9a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8586",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.561,
    "s": 66.46,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5618,
    "c": 0.08944,
    "h": 195.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.18729
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8586

secondary

#B94544

accent

#403EE9

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8586

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

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