#1B8E81#1B8E81

#1B8E81 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.212; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.098 H 183.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8E81
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 129)
HSL	hsl(173, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(173, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 0%, 9.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.13, -33.36, -1.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.13, 33.41, 183.10°)
OKLab	oklab(58.38% -0.0977 -0.0054)
OKLCH	oklch(58.38% 0.098 183.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.0855, 21.1622, 24.1070)
Luminance	0.2116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8E81 #8E1B28

analogous

#1B8E47 #1B8E81 #1B618E

triadic

#1B8E81 #811B8E #8E811B

tetradic

#1B8E81 #471B8E #8E1B28 #618E1B

square

#1B8E81 #471B8E #8E1B28 #618E1B

split-complementary

#1B8E81 #8E1B61 #8E471B

monochromatic

#072724 #115B52 #1B8E81 #25C1B0 #47DCCB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.01

#1B8E81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#1B8E81 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8E81

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8E81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8E81	1.00	4.01	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#878581

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#787A82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00918A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8e81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.098 183.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eb0a5',
    500: '#1b8e81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8e81;
$custom-light: #6eb0a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8e81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.217,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58376,
    "c": 0.09781,
    "h": 183.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21164
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8E81

secondary

#BE4754

accent

#3D51EB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF5F4

border

#C8CFCE

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8E81

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

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