#1B9E89#1B9E89

#1B9E89 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.110 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9E89
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 137)
HSL	hsl(170, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(170, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 13.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.50, -38.35, 1.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.50, 38.38, 177.81°)
OKLab	oklab(62.84% -0.11 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(62.84% 0.11 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.1919, 26.4907, 27.8692)
Luminance	0.2649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9E89 #9E1B30

analogous

#1B9E48 #1B9E89 #1B729E

triadic

#1B9E89 #891B9E #9E891B

tetradic

#1B9E89 #481B9E #9E1B30 #729E1B

square

#1B9E89 #481B9E #9E1B30 #729E1B

split-complementary

#1B9E89 #9E1B72 #9E481B

monochromatic

#09352E #126A5C #1B9E89 #24D2B6 #52E1CA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#1B9E89 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#1B9E89 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9E89

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9E89	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9E89	1.00	3.33	6.30	6.30
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979488

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9e89;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.110 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71bbab',
    500: '#1b9e89',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9e89;
$custom-light: #71bbab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9e89",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.382,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62843,
    "c": 0.11001,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26493
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9E89

secondary

#C45163

accent

#3A57EE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9E89

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

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