#1B8E98#1B8E98

#1B8E98 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.218; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.095 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8E98
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 152)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 6.6%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.86, -26.26, -14.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.86, 29.76, 208.07°)
OKLab	oklab(59.22% -0.0869 -0.039)
OKLCH	oklch(59.22% 0.095 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.7899, 21.8440, 33.0838)
Luminance	0.2185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8E98 #98251B

analogous

#1B9863 #1B8E98 #1B4F98

triadic

#1B8E98 #981B8E #8E981B

tetradic

#1B8E98 #631B98 #98251B #4F981B

square

#1B8E98 #631B98 #98251B #4F981B

split-complementary

#1B8E98 #981B4F #98631B

monochromatic

#092D30 #125D64 #1B8E98 #24BFCC #4ED4E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#1B8E98 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.37

#1B8E98 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8E98

5.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8E98	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8E98	1.00	3.91	5.37	5.37
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#828899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8e98;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.095 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afb6',
    500: '#1b8e98',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8e98;
$custom-light: #70afb6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8e98",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.8,
    "s": 69.832,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59217,
    "c": 0.09527,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21846
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8E98

secondary

#C2564D

accent

#493BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8E98

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

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