#1B8CA0#1B8CA0

#1B8CA0 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 59.0% C 0.097 H 213.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8CA0
RGB	rgb(27, 140, 160)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 12.5%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.52, -22.59, -19.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.52, 29.61, 220.28°)
OKLab	oklab(59.04% -0.0815 -0.0534)
OKLCH	oklch(59.04% 0.097 213.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1725, 21.5252, 36.5533)
Luminance	0.2153 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8CA0 #A02F1B

analogous

#1BA072 #1B8CA0 #1B49A0

triadic

#1B8CA0 #A01B8C #8CA01B

tetradic

#1B8CA0 #721BA0 #A02F1B #49A01B

square

#1B8CA0 #721BA0 #A02F1B #49A01B

split-complementary

#1B8CA0 #A01B49 #A0721B

monochromatic

#093037 #125E6C #1B8CA0 #24BAD4 #53CDE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#1B8CA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#1B8CA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8CA0

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8CA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8CA0	1.00	3.96	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7AA0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8ca0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 140, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.0% 0.097 213.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebc',
    500: '#1b8ca0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8ca0;
$custom-light: #71aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8ca0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.023,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59037,
    "c": 0.09745,
    "h": 213.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8CA0

secondary

#C56352

accent

#553AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8CA0

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →