#1B9E87#1B9E87

#1B9E87 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.264; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.111 H 176.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9E87
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 135)
HSL	hsl(169, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(169, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 14.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.45, -38.90, 2.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.45, 38.98, 176.30°)
OKLab	oklab(62.78% -0.1109 0.0061)
OKLCH	oklch(62.78% 0.111 176.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.0498, 26.4338, 27.1206)
Luminance	0.2644 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9E87 #9E1B32

analogous

#1B9E46 #1B9E87 #1B749E

triadic

#1B9E87 #871B9E #9E871B

tetradic

#1B9E87 #461B9E #9E1B32 #749E1B

square

#1B9E87 #461B9E #9E1B32 #749E1B

split-complementary

#1B9E87 #9E1B74 #9E461B

monochromatic

#09352E #126A5A #1B9E87 #24D2B4 #52E1C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.34

#1B9E87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.29

#1B9E87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9E87

6.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9E87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9E87	1.00	3.34	6.29	6.29
#FFFFFF	3.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989486

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878889

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9e87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.111 176.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bba9',
    500: '#1b9e87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9e87;
$custom-light: #71bba9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9e87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 169.466,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62781,
    "c": 0.1111,
    "h": 176.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9E87

secondary

#C45165

accent

#3A5AEE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9E87

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

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