#1B999E#1B999E

#1B999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.101 H 199.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B999E
RGB	rgb(27, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.54, -29.80, -11.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.54, 32.08, 201.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62.27% -0.0951 -0.0331)
OKLCH	oklch(62.27% 0.101 199.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0119, 25.4818, 36.3103)
Luminance	0.2548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B999E #9E201B

analogous

#1B9E62 #1B999E #1B589E

triadic

#1B999E #9E1B99 #999E1B

tetradic

#1B999E #621B9E #9E201B #589E1B

square

#1B999E #621B9E #9E201B #589E1B

split-complementary

#1B999E #9E1B58 #9E621B

monochromatic

#093435 #12666A #1B999E #24CCD2 #52DCE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#1B999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.10

#1B999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B999E

6.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B999E	1.00	3.44	6.10	6.10
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.101 199.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b7ba',
    500: '#1b999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b999e;
$custom-light: #73b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.29,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6227,
    "c": 0.10073,
    "h": 199.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B999E

secondary

#C45551

accent

#413AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B999E

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

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