#1B8CA1#1B8CA1

#1B8CA1 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.098 H 214.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8CA1
RGB	rgb(27, 140, 161)
HSL	hsl(189, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(189, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.2%, 13%, 0%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.56, -22.25, -19.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.56, 29.69, 221.46°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0811 -0.0549)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.098 214.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2603, 21.5603, 37.0159)
Luminance	0.2156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8CA1 #A1301B

analogous

#1BA173 #1B8CA1 #1B49A1

triadic

#1B8CA1 #A11B8C #8CA11B

tetradic

#1B8CA1 #731BA1 #A1301B #49A11B

square

#1B8CA1 #731BA1 #A1301B #49A11B

split-complementary

#1B8CA1 #A11B49 #A1731B

monochromatic

#093138 #125E6D #1B8CA1 #24BAD5 #54CCE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.95

#1B8CA1 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.31

#1B8CA1 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8CA1

5.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8CA1	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8CA1	1.00	3.95	5.31	5.31
#FFFFFF	3.95	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)

#7D87A2

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B7AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009493

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8ca1;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 140, 161);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.098 214.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebc',
    500: '#1b8ca1',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8ca1;
$custom-light: #71aebc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8ca1",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 161
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.403,
    "s": 71.277,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5908,
    "c": 0.09792,
    "h": 214.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8CA1

secondary

#C56452

accent

#563AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091012

muted

#7B7F81

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8CA1

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

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