#1B899B#1B899B

#1B899B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 58.1% C 0.095 H 211.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B899B
RGB	rgb(27, 137, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 11.6%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.39, -22.71, -17.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.39, 28.96, 218.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.06% -0.0807 -0.0502)
OKLCH	oklch(58.06% 0.095 211.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.3115, 20.4890, 34.1518)
Luminance	0.2049 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B899B #9B2D1B

analogous

#1B9B6D #1B899B #1B499B

triadic

#1B899B #9B1B89 #899B1B

tetradic

#1B899B #6D1B9B #9B2D1B #499B1B

square

#1B899B #6D1B9B #9B2D1B #499B1B

split-complementary

#1B899B #9B1B49 #9B6D1B

monochromatic

#092D33 #125B67 #1B899B #24B7CF #50CCE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#1B899B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#1B899B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B899B

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B899B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B899B	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B849C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A789B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b899b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 137, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.1% 0.095 211.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70abb8',
    500: '#1b899b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b899b;
$custom-light: #70abb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b899b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.438,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5806,
    "c": 0.09499,
    "h": 211.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20491
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B899B

secondary

#C35F4F

accent

#543BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B899B

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

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