#1B8E8A#1B8E8A

#1B8E8A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.095 H 191.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8E8A
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 138)
HSL	hsl(178, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(178, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 0%, 2.8%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.40, -30.68, -6.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.40, 31.38, 192.17°)
OKLab	oklab(58.69% -0.0933 -0.0185)
OKLCH	oklch(58.69% 0.095 191.2)
XYZ	xyz(14.7103, 21.4121, 27.3975)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8E8A #8E1B1F

analogous

#1B8E50 #1B8E8A #1B588E

triadic

#1B8E8A #8A1B8E #8E8A1B

tetradic

#1B8E8A #501B8E #8E1B1F #588E1B

square

#1B8E8A #501B8E #8E1B1F #588E1B

split-complementary

#1B8E8A #8E1B58 #8E501B

monochromatic

#072726 #115B58 #1B8E8A #25C1BC #47DCD7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#1B8E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#1B8E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8E8A

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8E8A	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#85868A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#757B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.095 191.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafac',
    500: '#1b8e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8e8a;
$custom-light: #6fafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.913,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58687,
    "c": 0.09516,
    "h": 191.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.21414
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8E8A

secondary

#BE474B

accent

#3D43EB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8E8A

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

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