#1B8EAE#1B8EAE

#1B8EAE is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.226; OKLCH L 60.2% C 0.105 H 222.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B8EAE
RGB	rgb(27, 142, 174)
HSL	hsl(193, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(193, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 18.4%, 0%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.69, -18.85, -25.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.69, 31.62, 233.41°)
OKLab	oklab(60.16% -0.0777 -0.0712)
OKLCH	oklch(60.16% 0.105 222.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.7617, 22.6327, 43.4686)
Luminance	0.2263 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B8EAE #AE3B1B

analogous

#1BAE85 #1B8EAE #1B45AE

triadic

#1B8EAE #AE1B8E #8EAE1B

tetradic

#1B8EAE #851BAE #AE3B1B #45AE1B

square

#1B8EAE #851BAE #AE3B1B #45AE1B

split-complementary

#1B8EAE #AE1B45 #AE851B

monochromatic

#0B3844 #136379 #1B8EAE #28B6DE #5DC8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.80

#1B8EAE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.53

#1B8EAE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B8EAE

5.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B8EAE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B8EAE	1.00	3.80	5.53	5.53
#FFFFFF	3.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7B8AB0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#697DAE

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009898

Achromatopsia (no color)

#838383

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b8eae;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 142, 174);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.2% 0.105 222.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74afc6',
    500: '#1b8eae',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b8eae;
$custom-light: #74afc6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b8eae",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 174
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 193.061,
    "s": 73.134,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60163,
    "c": 0.10543,
    "h": 222.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.22635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B8EAE

secondary

#CA735B

accent

#6038F0

background

#F7FAFC

surface

#EEF4F8

border

#C9CED1

text

#0A1013

muted

#7C7F82

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B8EAE

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

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