#1B9D9C#1B9D9C

#1B9D9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.103 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9D9C
RGB	rgb(27, 157, 156)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.8%, 0%, 0.6%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.74, -32.34, -8.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.74, 33.56, 195.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.22% -0.1 -0.025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.22% 0.103 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.5069, 26.7449, 35.6329)
Luminance	0.2675 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9D9C #9D1B1C

analogous

#1B9D5B #1B9D9C #1B5D9D

triadic

#1B9D9C #9C1B9D #9D9C1B

tetradic

#1B9D9C #5B1B9D #9D1B1C #5D9D1B

square

#1B9D9C #5B1B9D #9D1B1C #5D9D1B

split-complementary

#1B9D9C #9D1B5D #9D5B1B

monochromatic

#093534 #126968 #1B9D9C #24D1D0 #51E1E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.31

#1B9D9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.35

#1B9D9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9D9C

6.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9D9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9D9C	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)

#92959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9d9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 157, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.103 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab9',
    500: '#1b9d9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9d9c;
$custom-light: #73bab9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9d9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.538,
    "s": 70.652,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63221,
    "c": 0.10306,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.26747
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9D9C

secondary

#C45051

accent

#3A3CED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9D9C

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

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