#1B8896#1B8896

#1B8896 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.093 H 208.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8896
RGB	rgb(27, 136, 150)
HSL	hsl(187, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 9.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.88, -23.86, -15.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.88, 28.64, 213.59°)
OKLab	oklab(57.59% -0.0818 -0.0441)
OKLCH	oklch(57.59% 0.093 208.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.7587, 20.0415, 31.9388)
Luminance	0.2004 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8896 #96291B

analogous

#1B9666 #1B8896 #1B4B96

triadic

#1B8896 #961B88 #88961B

tetradic

#1B8896 #661B96 #96291B #4B961B

square

#1B8896 #661B96 #96291B #4B961B

split-complementary

#1B8896 #961B4B #96661B

monochromatic

#082A2E #125962 #1B8896 #24B7CA #4DCEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.19

#1B8896 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.01

#1B8896 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8896

5.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8896	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8896	1.00	4.19	5.01	5.01
#FFFFFF	4.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8896;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 136, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.093 208.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabb4',
    500: '#1b8896',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8896;
$custom-light: #6fabb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8896",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.829,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57593,
    "c": 0.09298,
    "h": 208.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8896

secondary

#C1594C

accent

#503BEC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8896

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

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