#1B8B89#1B8B89

#1B8B89 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.093 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B89
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 137)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -29.53, -7.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 30.48, 194.28°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0908 -0.021)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.093 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.1979, 20.5026, 26.8712)
Luminance	0.2050 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B89 #8B1B1D

analogous

#1B8B51 #1B8B89 #1B558B

triadic

#1B8B89 #891B8B #8B891B

tetradic

#1B8B89 #511B8B #8B1B1D #558B1B

square

#1B8B89 #511B8B #8B1B1D #558B1B

split-complementary

#1B8B89 #8B1B55 #8B511B

monochromatic

#072524 #115856 #1B8B89 #25BEBC #45DBD8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#1B8B89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#1B8B89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B89

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B89	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)

#828489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.093 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadab',
    500: '#1b8b89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b89;
$custom-light: #6eadab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.929,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57865,
    "c": 0.09315,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.20504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B89

secondary

#BC4547

accent

#3D41EA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B89

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

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