#1B9CA6#1B9CA6

#1B9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.103 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9CA6
RGB	rgb(27, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.7%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.75, -28.73, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.75, 32.23, 206.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.34% -0.0945 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(63.34% 0.103 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2203, 26.7607, 40.2213)
Luminance	0.2676 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9CA6 #A6251B

analogous

#1BA66B #1B9CA6 #1B56A6

triadic

#1B9CA6 #A61B9C #9CA61B

tetradic

#1B9CA6 #6B1BA6 #A6251B #56A61B

square

#1B9CA6 #6B1BA6 #A6251B #56A61B

split-complementary

#1B9CA6 #A61B56 #A66B1B

monochromatic

#0A393D #126B71 #1B9CA6 #24CDDB #58DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#1B9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#1B9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9CA6

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9CA6	1.00	3.31	6.35	6.35
#FFFFFF	3.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.103 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9c0',
    500: '#1b9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9ca6;
$custom-light: #74b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.317,
    "s": 72.021,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63342,
    "c": 0.10291,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9CA6

secondary

#C75E56

accent

#4639EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9CA6

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

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