#1B9EA8#1B9EA8

#1B9EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9EA8
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.9%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -29.07, -14.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 32.58, 206.83°)
OKLab	oklab(63.93% -0.0956 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.93% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7435, 27.5114, 41.3078)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9EA8 #A8251B

analogous

#1BA86B #1B9EA8 #1B58A8

triadic

#1B9EA8 #A81B9E #9EA81B

tetradic

#1B9EA8 #6B1BA8 #A8251B #58A81B

square

#1B9EA8 #6B1BA8 #A8251B #58A81B

split-complementary

#1B9EA8 #A81B58 #A86B1B

monochromatic

#0A3B3F #136C73 #1B9EA8 #24CFDC #59DAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#1B9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#1B9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9EA8

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9EA8	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc1',
    500: '#1b9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9ea8;
$custom-light: #75bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.255,
    "s": 72.308,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63926,
    "c": 0.10398,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27514
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9EA8

secondary

#C85F57

accent

#4639EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9EA8

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

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