#1B8E8D#1B8E8D

#1B8E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.8% C 0.095 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8E8D
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(81%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.49, -29.75, -8.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.49, 30.86, 195.42°)
OKLab	oklab(58.8% -0.0919 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(58.8% 0.095 194)
XYZ	xyz(14.9305, 21.5002, 28.5572)
Luminance	0.2150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8E8D #8E1B1C

analogous

#1B8E53 #1B8E8D #1B558E

triadic

#1B8E8D #8D1B8E #8E8D1B

tetradic

#1B8E8D #531B8E #8E1B1C #558E1B

square

#1B8E8D #531B8E #8E1B1C #558E1B

split-complementary

#1B8E8D #8E1B55 #8E531B

monochromatic

#072727 #115B5A #1B8E8D #25C1C0 #47DCDB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#1B8E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#1B8E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8E8D

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8E8D	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84878D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.8% 0.095 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fafae',
    500: '#1b8e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8e8d;
$custom-light: #6fafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.478,
    "s": 68.047,
    "l": 33.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58796,
    "c": 0.09474,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.21502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8E8D

secondary

#BE4748

accent

#3D3EEB

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8E8D

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

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