#1B8D9F#1B8D9F

#1B8D9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.097 H 211.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8D9F
RGB	rgb(27, 141, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(188, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 11.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.80, -23.44, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.80, 29.64, 217.73°)
OKLab	oklab(59.25% -0.0829 -0.0506)
OKLCH	oklch(59.25% 0.097 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.2321, 21.7839, 36.1434)
Luminance	0.2179 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8D9F #9F2D1B

analogous

#1B9F6F #1B8D9F #1B4B9F

triadic

#1B8D9F #9F1B8D #8D9F1B

tetradic

#1B8D9F #6F1B9F #9F2D1B #4B9F1B

square

#1B8D9F #6F1B9F #9F2D1B #4B9F1B

split-complementary

#1B8D9F #9F1B4B #9F6F1B

monochromatic

#093036 #125F6B #1B8D9F #24BBD3 #53CEE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.92

#1B8D9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.36

#1B8D9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8D9F

5.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8D9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8D9F	1.00	3.92	5.36	5.36
#FFFFFF	3.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F88A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6D7B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8d9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 141, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.097 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71aebb',
    500: '#1b8d9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8d9f;
$custom-light: #71aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8d9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.182,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59249,
    "c": 0.09712,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.21786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8D9F

secondary

#C56151

accent

#533AEE

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8D9F

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

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