#1B9E79#1B9E79

#1B9E79 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.121 H 167.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9E79
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 121)
HSL	hsl(163, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(163, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 23.4%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.10, -42.58, 9.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.10, 43.72, 166.88°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.1178 0.0254)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.121 167.9)
XYZ	xyz(16.1281, 26.0652, 22.2665)
Luminance	0.2607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9E79 #9E1B40

analogous

#1B9E37 #1B9E79 #1B829E

triadic

#1B9E79 #791B9E #9E791B

tetradic

#1B9E79 #371B9E #9E1B40 #829E1B

square

#1B9E79 #371B9E #9E1B40 #829E1B

split-complementary

#1B9E79 #9E1B82 #9E371B

monochromatic

#093529 #126A51 #1B9E79 #24D2A1 #52E1B9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#1B9E79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#1B9E79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9E79

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9E79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9E79	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A9277

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A877B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9e79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.121 167.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bb9f',
    500: '#1b9e79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9e79;
$custom-light: #71bb9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9e79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 163.053,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.12051,
    "h": 167.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9E79

secondary

#C45171

accent

#3A6DEE

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9E79

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

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