#1B8E99#1B8E99

#1B8E99 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.219; OKLCH L 59.3% C 0.095 H 205.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8E99
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 153)
HSL	hsl(185, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(185, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 7.2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.90, -25.94, -14.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.90, 29.73, 209.26°)
OKLab	oklab(59.26% -0.0865 -0.0404)
OKLCH	oklch(59.26% 0.095 205.1)
XYZ	xyz(15.8722, 21.8769, 33.5169)
Luminance	0.2188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8E99 #99261B

analogous

#1B9965 #1B8E99 #1B4F99

triadic

#1B8E99 #991B8E #8E991B

tetradic

#1B8E99 #651B99 #99261B #4F991B

square

#1B8E99 #651B99 #99261B #4F991B

split-complementary

#1B8E99 #991B4F #99651B

monochromatic

#092D31 #125E65 #1B8E99 #24BECD #4FD3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.91

#1B8E99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.38

#1B8E99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8E99

5.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8E99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8E99	1.00	3.91	5.38	5.38
#FFFFFF	3.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81889A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717C99

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8e99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.3% 0.095 205.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71afb7',
    500: '#1b8e99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8e99;
$custom-light: #71afb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8e99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.238,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59257,
    "c": 0.09548,
    "h": 205.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8E99

secondary

#C2584E

accent

#4B3BED

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8E99

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

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