#1B9EA9#1B9EA9

#1B9EA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 204.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9EA9
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 169)
HSL	hsl(185, 72%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(84%, 6.5%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.48, -28.75, -15.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.48, 32.53, 207.89°)
OKLab	oklab(63.97% -0.0951 -0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(63.97% 0.104 204)
XYZ	xyz(19.8371, 27.5488, 41.8003)
Luminance	0.2755 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9EA9 #A9261B

analogous

#1BA96D #1B9EA9 #1B57A9

triadic

#1B9EA9 #A91B9E #9EA91B

tetradic

#1B9EA9 #6D1BA9 #A9261B #57A91B

square

#1B9EA9 #6D1BA9 #A9261B #57A91B

split-complementary

#1B9EA9 #A91B57 #A96D1B

monochromatic

#0A3B3F #136D74 #1B9EA9 #25CEDC #5ADAE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#1B9EA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#1B9EA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9EA9

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9EA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9EA9	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9ea9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 204.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc2',
    500: '#1b9ea9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9ea9;
$custom-light: #75bbc2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9ea9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.648,
    "s": 72.449,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63965,
    "c": 0.10415,
    "h": 204
  },
  "luminance": 0.27551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9EA9

secondary

#C86058

accent

#4739EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9EA9

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

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