#1B9EAA#1B9EAA

#1B9EAA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 204.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9EAA
RGB	rgb(27, 158, 170)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.1%, 7.1%, 0%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -28.43, -15.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 32.50, 208.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64% -0.0947 -0.0438)
OKLCH	oklch(64% 0.104 204.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.9313, 27.5865, 42.2966)
Luminance	0.2759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9EAA #AA271B

analogous

#1BAA6E #1B9EAA #1B56AA

triadic

#1B9EAA #AA1B9E #9EAA1B

tetradic

#1B9EAA #6E1BAA #AA271B #56AA1B

square

#1B9EAA #6E1BAA #AA271B #56AA1B

split-complementary

#1B9EAA #AA1B56 #AA6E1B

monochromatic

#0A3C40 #136D75 #1B9EAA #26CDDC #5BD9E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#1B9EAA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#1B9EAA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9EAA

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9EAA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9EAA	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9097AB

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89AA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9eaa;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 158, 170);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 204.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc3',
    500: '#1b9eaa',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9eaa;
$custom-light: #75bbc3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9eaa",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 170
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.035,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64004,
    "c": 0.10436,
    "h": 204.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9EAA

secondary

#C96258

accent

#4839EF

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9EAA

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

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