#1B959E#1B959E

#1B959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B959E
RGB	rgb(27, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.28, -27.83, -13.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.28, 31.06, 206.37°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0912 -0.0384)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3682, 24.1943, 36.0957)
Luminance	0.2420 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B959E #9E241B

analogous

#1B9E66 #1B959E #1B549E

triadic

#1B959E #9E1B95 #959E1B

tetradic

#1B959E #661B9E #9E241B #549E1B

square

#1B959E #661B9E #9E241B #549E1B

split-complementary

#1B959E #9E1B54 #9E661B

monochromatic

#093235 #12646A #1B959E #24C6D2 #52D8E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#1B959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#1B959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B959E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B959E	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4ba',
    500: '#1b959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b959e;
$custom-light: #72b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.122,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61248,
    "c": 0.09895,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B959E

secondary

#C45951

accent

#473AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B959E

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

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