#1B979E#1B979E

#1B979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B979E
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.91, -28.82, -12.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.91, 31.55, 204.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.76% -0.0932 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(61.76% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(17.6873, 24.8326, 36.2021)
Luminance	0.2483 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B979E #9E221B

analogous

#1B9E64 #1B979E #1B569E

triadic

#1B979E #9E1B97 #979E1B

tetradic

#1B979E #641B9E #9E221B #569E1B

square

#1B979E #641B9E #9E221B #569E1B

split-complementary

#1B979E #9E1B56 #9E641B

monochromatic

#093335 #12656A #1B979E #24C9D2 #52DAE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1B979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#1B979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B979E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B979E	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6ba',
    500: '#1b979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b979e;
$custom-light: #72b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.206,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61759,
    "c": 0.09978,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.24835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B979E

secondary

#C45751

accent

#443AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B979E

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

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