#1B8986#1B8986

#1B8986 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.198; OKLCH L 57.2% C 0.092 H 192.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8986
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 134)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(178, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 0%, 2.2%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.66, -29.49, -6.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.66, 30.28, 193.13°)
OKLab	oklab(57.23% -0.0901 -0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(57.23% 0.092 192)
XYZ	xyz(13.6987, 19.8439, 25.6579)
Luminance	0.1985 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8986 #891B1E

analogous

#1B894F #1B8986 #1B5589

triadic

#1B8986 #861B89 #89861B

tetradic

#1B8986 #4F1B89 #891B1E #55891B

square

#1B8986 #4F1B89 #891B1E #55891B

split-complementary

#1B8986 #891B55 #894F1B

monochromatic

#072322 #115654 #1B8986 #25BCB8 #44DAD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.23

#1B8986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#1B8986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8986

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8986	1.00	4.23	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#808286

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717687

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.2% 0.092 192.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaca9',
    500: '#1b8986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8986;
$custom-light: #6eaca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.364,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57231,
    "c": 0.09215,
    "h": 192
  },
  "luminance": 0.19846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8986

secondary

#BC4447

accent

#3E43EA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8986

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

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