#1B8B9D#1B8B9D

#1B8B9D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.096 H 211.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B9D
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 157)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 11.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.09, -23.08, -18.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.09, 29.30, 218.05°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0818 -0.0504)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.096 211.6)
XYZ	xyz(15.7678, 21.1306, 35.1393)
Luminance	0.2113 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B9D #9D2D1B

analogous

#1B9D6E #1B8B9D #1B4A9D

triadic

#1B8B9D #9D1B8B #8B9D1B

tetradic

#1B8B9D #6E1B9D #9D2D1B #4A9D1B

square

#1B8B9D #6E1B9D #9D2D1B #4A9D1B

split-complementary

#1B8B9D #9D1B4A #9D6E1B

monochromatic

#092F35 #125D69 #1B8B9D #24B9D1 #51CDE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#1B8B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#1B8B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B9D

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B9D	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D869E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C799D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009290

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.096 211.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adba',
    500: '#1b8b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b9d;
$custom-light: #71adba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.308,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58655,
    "c": 0.09606,
    "h": 211.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.21133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B9D

secondary

#C46050

accent

#533AED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B9D

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

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