#1B8D8E#1B8D8E

#1B8D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.094 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8D8E
RGB	rgb(27, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(181, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.20, -28.95, -9.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.20, 30.39, 197.65°)
OKLab	oklab(58.57% -0.0905 -0.0256)
OKLCH	oklch(58.57% 0.094 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8571, 21.2339, 28.9015)
Luminance	0.2124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8D8E #8E1C1B

analogous

#1B8E55 #1B8D8E #1B538E

triadic

#1B8D8E #8E1B8D #8D8E1B

tetradic

#1B8D8E #551B8E #8E1C1B #538E1B

square

#1B8D8E #551B8E #8E1C1B #538E1B

split-complementary

#1B8D8E #8E1B53 #8E551B

monochromatic

#072727 #115A5B #1B8D8E #25C0C1 #47DBDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.00

#1B8D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.25

#1B8D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8D8E

5.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8D8E	1.00	4.00	5.25	5.25
#FFFFFF	4.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.094 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafaf',
    500: '#1b8d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8d8e;
$custom-light: #6fafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.522,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58572,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21236
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8D8E

secondary

#BE4847

accent

#3E3DEB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8D8E

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

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