#1B8997#1B8997

#1B8997 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 208.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8997
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 151)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 9.3%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.24, -24.04, -15.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.24, 28.82, 213.46°)
OKLab	oklab(57.89% -0.0824 -0.0442)
OKLCH	oklch(57.89% 0.094 208.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.9811, 20.3568, 32.4118)
Luminance	0.2036 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8997 #97291B

analogous

#1B9767 #1B8997 #1B4B97

triadic

#1B8997 #971B89 #89971B

tetradic

#1B8997 #671B97 #97291B #4B971B

square

#1B8997 #671B97 #97291B #4B971B

split-complementary

#1B8997 #971B4B #97671B

monochromatic

#082B2F #125A63 #1B8997 #24B8CB #4DCFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#1B8997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#1B8997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8997

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8997	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	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)

#7C8398

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 208.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70abb5',
    500: '#1b8997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8997;
$custom-light: #70abb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.774,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57892,
    "c": 0.09352,
    "h": 208.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8997

secondary

#C15A4C

accent

#4F3BEC

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8997

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

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