#1B8B9F#1B8B9F

#1B8B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 213.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8B9F
RGB	rgb(27, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.17, -22.40, -19.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.17, 29.44, 220.45°)
OKLab	oklab(58.74% -0.0809 -0.0533)
OKLCH	oklch(58.74% 0.097 213.4)
XYZ	xyz(15.9399, 21.1994, 36.0460)
Luminance	0.2120 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8B9F #9F2F1B

analogous

#1B9F71 #1B8B9F #1B499F

triadic

#1B8B9F #9F1B8B #8B9F1B

tetradic

#1B8B9F #711B9F #9F2F1B #499F1B

square

#1B8B9F #711B9F #9F2F1B #499F1B

split-complementary

#1B8B9F #9F1B49 #9F711B

monochromatic

#093036 #125D6B #1B8B9F #24B9D3 #53CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#1B8B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.24

#1B8B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8B9F

5.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8B9F	1.00	4.01	5.24	5.24
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 213.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71adbb',
    500: '#1b8b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8b9f;
$custom-light: #71adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.091,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5874,
    "c": 0.09693,
    "h": 213.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8B9F

secondary

#C56351

accent

#553AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8B9F

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

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