#1B9CB4#1B9CB4

#1B9CB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 214.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9CB4
RGB	rgb(27, 156, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 74%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 85%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(85%, 13.3%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -24.15, -21.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.52, 222.05°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.0886 -0.0609)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.107 214.5)
XYZ	xyz(20.5751, 27.3026, 47.3567)
Luminance	0.2731 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9CB4 #B4331B

analogous

#1BB47F #1B9CB4 #1B4FB4

triadic

#1B9CB4 #B41B9C #9CB41B

tetradic

#1B9CB4 #7F1BB4 #B4331B #4FB41B

square

#1B9CB4 #7F1BB4 #B4331B #4FB41B

split-complementary

#1B9CB4 #B41B4F #B47F1B

monochromatic

#0B404A #136E7F #1B9CB4 #2DC3DF #62D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#1B9CB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#1B9CB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9CB4

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9CB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9CB4	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7789B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9cb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 156, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 214.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b9ca',
    500: '#1b9cb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9cb4;
$custom-light: #76b9ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9cb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.412,
    "s": 73.913,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.10748,
    "h": 214.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27305
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9CB4

secondary

#CC705F

accent

#5437F1

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9CB4

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

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