#1B8591#1B8591

#1B8591 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.191; OKLCH L 56.6% C 0.091 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8591
RGB	rgb(27, 133, 145)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 81%, 57%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.4%, 8.3%, 0%, 43.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.75, -23.97, -14.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.75, 28.10, 211.46°)
OKLab	oklab(56.61% -0.081 -0.0408)
OKLCH	oklch(56.61% 0.091 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.9481, 19.0507, 29.7246)
Luminance	0.1905 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8591 #91271B

analogous

#1B9162 #1B8591 #1B4A91

triadic

#1B8591 #911B85 #85911B

tetradic

#1B8591 #621B91 #91271B #4A911B

square

#1B8591 #621B91 #91271B #4A911B

split-complementary

#1B8591 #911B4A #91621B

monochromatic

#08262A #11565D #1B8591 #25B4C5 #49CEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.37

#1B8591 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.81

#1B8591 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8591

4.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8591	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8591	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)

#797F92

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697491

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008B89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#797979

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8591;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 133, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.6% 0.091 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea9b1',
    500: '#1b8591',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8591;
$custom-light: #6ea9b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8591",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.102,
    "s": 68.605,
    "l": 33.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56613,
    "c": 0.09071,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8591

secondary

#BF5549

accent

#4E3CEB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F5

border

#C8CECF

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8591

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

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