#1B9E8A#1B9E8A

#1B9E8A is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.265; OKLCH L 62.9% C 0.110 H 179.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9E8A
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 138)
HSL	hsl(171, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(171, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.9%, 0%, 12.7%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.53, -38.07, 0.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.53, 38.08, 178.59°)
OKLab	oklab(62.87% -0.1095 0.0019)
OKLCH	oklch(62.87% 0.11 179)
XYZ	xyz(17.2640, 26.5195, 28.2487)
Luminance	0.2652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9E8A #9E1B2F

analogous

#1B9E49 #1B9E8A #1B719E

triadic

#1B9E8A #8A1B9E #9E8A1B

tetradic

#1B9E8A #491B9E #9E1B2F #719E1B

square

#1B9E8A #491B9E #9E1B2F #719E1B

split-complementary

#1B9E8A #9E1B71 #9E491B

monochromatic

#09352F #126A5C #1B9E8A #24D2B8 #52E1CC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33

#1B9E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.30

#1B9E8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9E8A

6.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9E8A	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)

#979489

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#87888C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.9% 0.110 179.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbac',
    500: '#1b9e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9e8a;
$custom-light: #72bbac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.84,
    "s": 70.811,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62874,
    "c": 0.1095,
    "h": 179
  },
  "luminance": 0.26522
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9E8A

secondary

#C45162

accent

#3A56EE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9E8A

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

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