#1B979F#1B979F

#1B979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 201.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B979F
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.95, -28.50, -13.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.95, 31.48, 205.12°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.0927 -0.0372)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.1 201.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.7738, 24.8672, 36.6572)
Luminance	0.2487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B979F #9F231B

analogous

#1B9F65 #1B979F #1B559F

triadic

#1B979F #9F1B97 #979F1B

tetradic

#1B979F #651B9F #9F231B #559F1B

square

#1B979F #651B9F #9F231B #559F1B

split-complementary

#1B979F #9F1B55 #9F651B

monochromatic

#093436 #12656B #1B979F #24C9D3 #53D9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1B979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#1B979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B979F

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B979F	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)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 201.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6bb',
    500: '#1b979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b979f;
$custom-light: #72b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.636,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61798,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 201.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B979F

secondary

#C55851

accent

#453AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B979F

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

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