#1B9995#1B9995

#1B9995 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.101 H 191.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9995
RGB	rgb(27, 153, 149)
HSL	hsl(178, 70%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.4%, 0%, 2.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -32.58, -7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 33.36, 192.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.94% -0.0993 -0.0201)
OKLCH	oklch(61.94% 0.101 191.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.2655, 25.1832, 32.3788)
Luminance	0.2519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9995 #991B1F

analogous

#1B9956 #1B9995 #1B5E99

triadic

#1B9995 #951B99 #99951B

tetradic

#1B9995 #561B99 #991B1F #5E991B

square

#1B9995 #561B99 #991B1F #5E991B

split-complementary

#1B9995 #991B5E #99561B

monochromatic

#093130 #126562 #1B9995 #24CDC8 #4FE0DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#1B9995 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#1B9995 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9995

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9995	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9995	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9195

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E8496

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9995;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 153, 149);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.101 191.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7b4',
    500: '#1b9995',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9995;
$custom-light: #72b7b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9995",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 149
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.095,
    "s": 70,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6194,
    "c": 0.10127,
    "h": 191.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.25185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9995

secondary

#C24E51

accent

#3B41ED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9995

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

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