#1B8A9E#1B8A9E

#1B8A9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 213.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8A9E
RGB	rgb(27, 138, 158)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 12.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.81, -22.22, -19.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.81, 29.28, 220.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.44% -0.0804 -0.0532)
OKLCH	oklch(58.44% 0.096 213.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7093, 20.8766, 35.5427)
Luminance	0.2088 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8A9E #9E2F1B

analogous

#1B9E71 #1B8A9E #1B499E

triadic

#1B8A9E #9E1B8A #8A9E1B

tetradic

#1B8A9E #711B9E #9E2F1B #499E1B

square

#1B8A9E #711B9E #9E2F1B #499E1B

split-complementary

#1B8A9E #9E1B49 #9E711B

monochromatic

#092F35 #125C6A #1B8A9E #24B8D2 #52CCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06

#1B8A9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#1B8A9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8A9E

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8A9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8A9E	1.00	4.06	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B859F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8a9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 138, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 213.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acba',
    500: '#1b8a9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8a9e;
$custom-light: #71acba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8a9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.16,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58443,
    "c": 0.0964,
    "h": 213.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8A9E

secondary

#C46251

accent

#563AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8A9E

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

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