#1B8D9E#1B8D9E

#1B8D9E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.097 H 210.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8D9E
RGB	rgb(27, 141, 158)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 10.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.76, -23.78, -17.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.76, 29.59, 216.54°)
OKLab	oklab(59.21% -0.0833 -0.0491)
OKLCH	oklch(59.21% 0.097 210.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.1457, 21.7493, 35.6882)
Luminance	0.2175 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8D9E #9E2C1B

analogous

#1B9E6E #1B8D9E #1B4C9E

triadic

#1B8D9E #9E1B8D #8D9E1B

tetradic

#1B8D9E #6E1B9E #9E2C1B #4C9E1B

square

#1B8D9E #6E1B9E #9E2C1B #4C9E1B

split-complementary

#1B8D9E #9E1B4C #9E6E1B

monochromatic

#093035 #125E6A #1B8D9E #24BCD2 #52CFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.93

#1B8D9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.35

#1B8D9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8D9E

5.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8D9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8D9E	1.00	3.93	5.35	5.35
#FFFFFF	3.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F889F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7B9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8d9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 141, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.097 210.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aeba',
    500: '#1b8d9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8d9e;
$custom-light: #71aeba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8d9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.786,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59207,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 210.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.21751
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8D9E

secondary

#C46051

accent

#513AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8D9E

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

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