#1B8B87#1B8B87

#1B8B87 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.204; OKLCH L 57.8% C 0.093 H 191.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B87
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 135)
HSL	hsl(178, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 2.9%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.34, -30.15, -6.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.34, 30.83, 192.08°)
OKLab	oklab(57.79% -0.0917 -0.018)
OKLCH	oklch(57.79% 0.093 191.1)
XYZ	xyz(14.0557, 20.4458, 26.1226)
Luminance	0.2045 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B87 #8B1B1F

analogous

#1B8B4F #1B8B87 #1B578B

triadic

#1B8B87 #871B8B #8B871B

tetradic

#1B8B87 #4F1B8B #8B1B1F #578B1B

square

#1B8B87 #4F1B8B #8B1B1F #578B1B

split-complementary

#1B8B87 #8B1B57 #8B4F1B

monochromatic

#072523 #115855 #1B8B87 #25BEB9 #45DBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.13

#1B8B87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.09

#1B8B87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B87

5.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B87	1.00	4.13	5.09	5.09
#FFFFFF	4.13	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828387

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.8% 0.093 191.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eada9',
    500: '#1b8b87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b87;
$custom-light: #6eada9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.857,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57793,
    "c": 0.09346,
    "h": 191.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.20448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B87

secondary

#BC454A

accent

#3D44EA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B87

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

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