#1B959D#1B959D

#1B959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 201.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B959D
RGB	rgb(27, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.25, -28.15, -13.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.25, 31.12, 205.25°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0916 -0.0369)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.099 201.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.2825, 24.1600, 35.6442)
Luminance	0.2416 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B959D #9D231B

analogous

#1B9D64 #1B959D #1B549D

triadic

#1B959D #9D1B95 #959D1B

tetradic

#1B959D #641B9D #9D231B #549D1B

square

#1B959D #641B9D #9D231B #549D1B

split-complementary

#1B959D #9D1B54 #9D641B

monochromatic

#093235 #126369 #1B959D #24C7D1 #51D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#1B959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#1B959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B959D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B959D	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 201.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4b9',
    500: '#1b959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b959d;
$custom-light: #72b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.692,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61209,
    "c": 0.09881,
    "h": 201.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24162
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B959D

secondary

#C45750

accent

#453AED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B959D

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

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