#1B8996#1B8996

#1B8996 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.093 H 207.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8996
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 150)
HSL	hsl(186, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(186, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(82%, 8.7%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.20, -24.37, -15.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.20, 28.81, 212.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.85% -0.0828 -0.0428)
OKLCH	oklch(57.85% 0.093 207.3)
XYZ	xyz(14.9002, 20.3245, 31.9859)
Luminance	0.2033 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8996 #96281B

analogous

#1B9665 #1B8996 #1B4C96

triadic

#1B8996 #961B89 #89961B

tetradic

#1B8996 #651B96 #96281B #4C961B

square

#1B8996 #651B96 #96281B #4C961B

split-complementary

#1B8996 #961B4C #96651B

monochromatic

#082A2E #125A62 #1B8996 #24B8CA #4DCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#1B8996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#1B8996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8996

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8996	1.00	4.15	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8397

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7796

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.093 207.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fabb4',
    500: '#1b8996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8996;
$custom-light: #6fabb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.341,
    "s": 69.492,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57851,
    "c": 0.09323,
    "h": 207.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.20326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8996

secondary

#C1584C

accent

#4E3BEC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8996

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

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