#1B8B9B#1B8B9B

#1B8B9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.095 H 209.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B9B
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 155)
HSL	hsl(188, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 10.3%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -23.74, -17.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 29.21, 215.63°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0826 -0.0474)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.095 209.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.5984, 21.0628, 34.2474)
Luminance	0.2107 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B9B #9B2B1B

analogous

#1B9B6B #1B8B9B #1B4B9B

triadic

#1B8B9B #9B1B8B #8B9B1B

tetradic

#1B8B9B #6B1B9B #9B2B1B #4B9B1B

square

#1B8B9B #6B1B9B #9B2B1B #4B9B1B

split-complementary

#1B8B9B #9B1B4B #9B6B1B

monochromatic

#092E33 #125C67 #1B8B9B #24BACF #50CEE0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#1B8B9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#1B8B9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B9B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B9B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D799B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.095 209.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adb8',
    500: '#1b8b9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b9b;
$custom-light: #70adb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.5,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58571,
    "c": 0.09529,
    "h": 209.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21065
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B9B

secondary

#C35D4F

accent

#513BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B9B

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

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