#1B8D9B#1B8D9B

#1B8D9B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.216; OKLCH L 59.1% C 0.096 H 207.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8D9B
RGB	rgb(27, 141, 155)
HSL	hsl(187, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(187, 83%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.6%, 9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.65, -24.77, -16.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.65, 29.52, 212.95°)
OKLab	oklab(59.08% -0.0846 -0.0447)
OKLCH	oklch(59.08% 0.096 207.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.8906, 21.6473, 34.3448)
Luminance	0.2165 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8D9B #9B291B

analogous

#1B9B69 #1B8D9B #1B4D9B

triadic

#1B8D9B #9B1B8D #8D9B1B

tetradic

#1B8D9B #691B9B #9B291B #4D9B1B

square

#1B8D9B #691B9B #9B291B #4D9B1B

split-complementary

#1B8D9B #9B1B4D #9B691B

monochromatic

#092E33 #125E67 #1B8D9B #24BCCF #50D1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.94

#1B8D9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.33

#1B8D9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8D9B

5.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8D9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8D9B	1.00	3.94	5.33	5.33
#FFFFFF	3.94	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7B9B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8d9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 141, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.1% 0.096 207.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeb8',
    500: '#1b8d9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8d9b;
$custom-light: #71aeb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8d9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.563,
    "s": 70.33,
    "l": 35.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59082,
    "c": 0.09571,
    "h": 207.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8D9B

secondary

#C35B4F

accent

#4E3BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8D9B

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

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