#1B9B9D#1B9B9D

#1B9B9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.102 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9B9D
RGB	rgb(27, 155, 157)
HSL	hsl(181, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(181, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 1.3%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.14, -31.08, -10.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.14, 32.78, 198.55°)
OKLab	oklab(62.75% -0.0976 -0.029)
OKLCH	oklch(62.75% 0.102 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(18.2563, 26.1077, 35.9688)
Luminance	0.2611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9B9D #9D1D1B

analogous

#1B9D5E #1B9B9D #1B5A9D

triadic

#1B9B9D #9D1B9B #9B9D1B

tetradic

#1B9B9D #5E1B9D #9D1D1B #5A9D1B

square

#1B9B9D #5E1B9D #9D1D1B #5A9D1B

split-complementary

#1B9B9D #9D1B5A #9D5E1B

monochromatic

#093435 #126769 #1B9B9D #24CFD1 #51DFE1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#1B9B9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.22

#1B9B9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9B9D

6.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9B9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9B9D	1.00	3.38	6.22	6.22
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#90939D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E869E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9b9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 155, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.102 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b9b9',
    500: '#1b9b9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9b9d;
$custom-light: #73b9b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9b9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.923,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62745,
    "c": 0.10178,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2611
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9B9D

secondary

#C45250

accent

#3D3AED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9B9D

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

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