#1B8B8A#1B8B8A

#1B8B8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.093 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B8A
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 138)
HSL	hsl(179, 67%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(80.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.43, -29.22, -8.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.43, 30.31, 195.40°)
OKLab	oklab(57.9% -0.0903 -0.0224)
OKLCH	oklch(57.9% 0.093 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.2699, 20.5314, 27.2507)
Luminance	0.2053 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B8A #8B1B1C

analogous

#1B8B52 #1B8B8A #1B548B

triadic

#1B8B8A #8A1B8B #8B8A1B

tetradic

#1B8B8A #521B8B #8B1B1C #548B1B

square

#1B8B8A #521B8B #8B1B1C #548B1B

split-complementary

#1B8B8A #8B1B54 #8B521B

monochromatic

#072524 #115857 #1B8B8A #25BEBD #45DBDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#1B8B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#1B8B8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B8A

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B8A	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#72788B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.093 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eadac',
    500: '#1b8b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b8a;
$custom-light: #6eadac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.464,
    "s": 67.47,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57902,
    "c": 0.09303,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20533
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B8A

secondary

#BC4546

accent

#3D3FEA

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B8A

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

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