#1B9DA8#1B9DA8

#1B9DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.104 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9DA8
RGB	rgb(27, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -28.58, -15.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 32.36, 207.97°)
OKLab	oklab(63.67% -0.0946 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(63.67% 0.104 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.5737, 27.1716, 41.2512)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9DA8 #A8261B

analogous

#1BA86C #1B9DA8 #1B56A8

triadic

#1B9DA8 #A81B9D #9DA81B

tetradic

#1B9DA8 #6C1BA8 #A8261B #56A81B

square

#1B9DA8 #6C1BA8 #A8261B #56A81B

split-complementary

#1B9DA8 #A81B56 #A86C1B

monochromatic

#0A3A3F #136C73 #1B9DA8 #24CEDC #59D9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#1B9DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#1B9DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9DA8

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9DA8	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.104 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bac1',
    500: '#1b9da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9da8;
$custom-light: #74bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.681,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63673,
    "c": 0.10362,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27174
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9DA8

secondary

#C86057

accent

#4739EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9DA8

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

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