#1B9CAA#1B9CAA

#1B9CAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.104 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9CAA
RGB	rgb(27, 156, 170)
HSL	hsl(186, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 8.2%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.89, -27.44, -16.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.89, 32.11, 211.29°)
OKLab	oklab(63.5% -0.0928 -0.0464)
OKLCH	oklch(63.5% 0.104 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.5929, 26.9097, 42.1839)
Luminance	0.2691 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9CAA #AA291B

analogous

#1BAA70 #1B9CAA #1B54AA

triadic

#1B9CAA #AA1B9C #9CAA1B

tetradic

#1B9CAA #701BAA #AA291B #54AA1B

square

#1B9CAA #701BAA #AA291B #54AA1B

split-complementary

#1B9CAA #AA1B54 #AA701B

monochromatic

#0A3B40 #136C75 #1B9CAA #26CBDC #5BD7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#1B9CAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#1B9CAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9CAA

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9CAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9CAA	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9caa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 156, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.104 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9c3',
    500: '#1b9caa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9caa;
$custom-light: #75b9c3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9caa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.635,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.26912
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9CAA

secondary

#C96358

accent

#4A39EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9CAA

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

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