#1B97A5#1B97A5

#1B97A5 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.101 H 207.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B97A5
RGB	rgb(27, 151, 165)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 8.5%, 0%, 35.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.15, -26.56, -16.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.15, 31.26, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0901 -0.0459)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.101 207)
XYZ	xyz(18.3071, 25.0805, 39.4662)
Luminance	0.2508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B97A5 #A5291B

analogous

#1BA56E #1B97A5 #1B52A5

triadic

#1B97A5 #A51B97 #97A51B

tetradic

#1B97A5 #6E1BA5 #A5291B #52A51B

square

#1B97A5 #6E1BA5 #A5291B #52A51B

split-complementary

#1B97A5 #A51B52 #A56E1B

monochromatic

#0A373C #126770 #1B97A5 #24C7DA #57D5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#1B97A5 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.02

#1B97A5 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B97A5

6.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B97A5	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B97A5	1.00	3.49	6.02	6.02
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8991A6

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7784A5

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b97a5;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 151, 165);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.101 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b6bf',
    500: '#1b97a5',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b97a5;
$custom-light: #73b6bf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b97a5",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 165
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.087,
    "s": 71.875,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.10111,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.25083
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B97A5

secondary

#C76155

accent

#4C39EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B97A5

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

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