#1B979D#1B979D

#1B979D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.100 H 200.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B979D
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.88, -29.13, -12.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.88, 31.63, 202.93°)
OKLab	oklab(61.72% -0.0936 -0.0343)
OKLCH	oklch(61.72% 0.1 200.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.6016, 24.7983, 35.7506)
Luminance	0.2480 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B979D #9D211B

analogous

#1B9D62 #1B979D #1B569D

triadic

#1B979D #9D1B97 #979D1B

tetradic

#1B979D #621B9D #9D211B #569D1B

square

#1B979D #621B9D #9D211B #569D1B

split-complementary

#1B979D #9D1B56 #9D621B

monochromatic

#093335 #126569 #1B979D #24C9D1 #51DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1B979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#1B979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B979D

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B979D	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.100 200.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6b9',
    500: '#1b979d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b979d;
$custom-light: #72b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.769,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61721,
    "c": 0.0997,
    "h": 200.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B979D

secondary

#C45550

accent

#433AED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B979D

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

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