#1B8998#1B8998

#1B8998 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.094 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8998
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 152)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 9.9%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.27, -23.71, -16.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.27, 28.84, 214.69°)
OKLab	oklab(57.93% -0.082 -0.0457)
OKLCH	oklch(57.93% 0.094 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.0627, 20.3894, 32.8414)
Luminance	0.2039 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8998 #982A1B

analogous

#1B9868 #1B8998 #1B4B98

triadic

#1B8998 #981B89 #89981B

tetradic

#1B8998 #681B98 #982A1B #4B981B

square

#1B8998 #681B98 #982A1B #4B981B

split-complementary

#1B8998 #981B4B #98681B

monochromatic

#092B30 #125A64 #1B8998 #24B8CC #4ECEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#1B8998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.08

#1B8998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8998

5.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8998	1.00	4.14	5.08	5.08
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C8499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.094 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70abb6',
    500: '#1b8998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8998;
$custom-light: #70abb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.2,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57933,
    "c": 0.09385,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.20391
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8998

secondary

#C25B4D

accent

#503BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8998

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

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