#1B898B#1B898B

#1B898B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.092 H 196.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B898B
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 139)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.82, -27.93, -9.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.82, 29.52, 198.87°)
OKLab	oklab(57.42% -0.0878 -0.0265)
OKLCH	oklch(57.42% 0.092 196.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.0557, 19.9867, 27.5381)
Luminance	0.1999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B898B #8B1D1B

analogous

#1B8B55 #1B898B #1B518B

triadic

#1B898B #8B1B89 #898B1B

tetradic

#1B898B #551B8B #8B1D1B #518B1B

square

#1B898B #551B8B #8B1D1B #518B1B

split-complementary

#1B898B #8B1B51 #8B551B

monochromatic

#072425 #115658 #1B898B #25BCBE #45D8DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#1B898B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.00

#1B898B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B898B

5.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B898B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B898B	1.00	4.20	5.00	5.00
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F828B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b898b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.092 196.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eacac',
    500: '#1b898b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b898b;
$custom-light: #6eacac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b898b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.071,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57417,
    "c": 0.09172,
    "h": 196.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.19988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B898B

secondary

#BC4745

accent

#413DEA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B898B

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

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