#1B8985#1B8985

#1B8985 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.092 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8985
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 133)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 0%, 2.9%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.63, -29.80, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.63, 30.46, 192.02°)
OKLab	oklab(57.19% -0.0906 -0.0177)
OKLCH	oklch(57.19% 0.092 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(13.6293, 19.8161, 25.2923)
Luminance	0.1982 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8985 #891B1F

analogous

#1B894E #1B8985 #1B5689

triadic

#1B8985 #851B89 #89851B

tetradic

#1B8985 #4E1B89 #891B1F #56891B

square

#1B8985 #4E1B89 #891B1F #56891B

split-complementary

#1B8985 #891B56 #894E1B

monochromatic

#072322 #115653 #1B8985 #25BCB7 #44DAD5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#1B8985 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.96

#1B8985 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8985

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8985	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8985	1.00	4.23	4.96	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808185

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717686

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8985;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.092 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daca8',
    500: '#1b8985',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8985;
$custom-light: #6daca8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8985",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.818,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57195,
    "c": 0.09232,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.19818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8985

secondary

#BC4449

accent

#3E44EA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8985

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

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