#1B8A9F#1B8A9F

#1B8A9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.209; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.097 H 214.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8A9F
RGB	rgb(27, 138, 159)
HSL	hsl(190, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(190, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 13.2%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.85, -21.88, -19.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.85, 29.36, 221.83°)
OKLab	oklab(58.49% -0.08 -0.0547)
OKLCH	oklch(58.49% 0.097 214.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.7958, 20.9112, 35.9979)
Luminance	0.2091 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8A9F #9F301B

analogous

#1B9F72 #1B8A9F #1B489F

triadic

#1B8A9F #9F1B8A #8A9F1B

tetradic

#1B8A9F #721B9F #9F301B #489F1B

square

#1B8A9F #721B9F #9F301B #489F1B

split-complementary

#1B8A9F #9F1B48 #9F721B

monochromatic

#092F36 #125D6B #1B8A9F #24B7D3 #53CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.05

#1B8A9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.18

#1B8A9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8A9F

5.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8A9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8A9F	1.00	4.05	5.18	5.18
#FFFFFF	4.05	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)

#7B85A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6A799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009291

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8a9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 138, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.097 214.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71acbb',
    500: '#1b8a9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8a9f;
$custom-light: #71acbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8a9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.545,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58486,
    "c": 0.09688,
    "h": 214.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.20913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8A9F

secondary

#C56451

accent

#573AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8A9F

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

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