#1B8987#1B8987

#1B8987 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.199; OKLCH L 57.3% C 0.092 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8987
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 135)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 80%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.3%, 0%, 1.5%, 46.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.69, -29.18, -7.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.69, 30.11, 194.25°)
OKLab	oklab(57.27% -0.0897 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(57.27% 0.092 193)
XYZ	xyz(13.7688, 19.8719, 26.0270)
Luminance	0.1987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8987 #891B1D

analogous

#1B8950 #1B8987 #1B5489

triadic

#1B8987 #871B89 #89871B

tetradic

#1B8987 #501B89 #891B1D #54891B

square

#1B8987 #501B89 #891B1D #54891B

split-complementary

#1B8987 #891B54 #89501B

monochromatic

#072322 #115655 #1B8987 #25BCB9 #44DAD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.22

#1B8987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.97

#1B8987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8987

4.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8987	1.00	4.22	4.97	4.97
#FFFFFF	4.22	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)

#808287

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717688

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008D88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.3% 0.092 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eaca9',
    500: '#1b8987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8987;
$custom-light: #6eaca9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.909,
    "s": 67.073,
    "l": 32.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57268,
    "c": 0.09201,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.19874
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8987

secondary

#BC4446

accent

#3E41EA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8987

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

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