#1B9795#1B9795

#1B9795 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.245; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.100 H 193.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9795
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 149)
HSL	hsl(179, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 82%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.1%, 0%, 1.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.62, -31.62, -8.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.62, 32.66, 194.44°)
OKLab	oklab(61.42% -0.0973 -0.0227)
OKLCH	oklch(61.42% 0.1 193.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.9409, 24.5340, 32.2706)
Luminance	0.2454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9795 #971B1D

analogous

#1B9757 #1B9795 #1B5B97

triadic

#1B9795 #951B97 #97951B

tetradic

#1B9795 #571B97 #971B1D #5B971B

square

#1B9795 #571B97 #971B1D #5B971B

split-complementary

#1B9795 #971B5B #97571B

monochromatic

#082F2F #126362 #1B9795 #24CBC8 #4DDFDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#1B9795 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#1B9795 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9795

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9795	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9795	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F95

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8396

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9795;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.100 193.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b6b4',
    500: '#1b9795',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9795;
$custom-light: #71b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9795",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.032,
    "s": 69.663,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61423,
    "c": 0.09988,
    "h": 193.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9795

secondary

#C14C4E

accent

#3B3EEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9795

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

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