#1B9F8E#1B9F8E

#1B9F8E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.109 H 181.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9F8E
RGB	rgb(27, 159, 142)
HSL	hsl(172, 71%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(172, 83%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(83%, 0%, 10.7%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -37.40, -0.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 37.40, 181.08°)
OKLab	oklab(63.26% -0.1085 -0.0025)
OKLCH	oklch(63.26% 0.109 181.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.7302, 26.9800, 29.8591)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9F8E #9F1B2C

analogous

#1B9F4C #1B9F8E #1B6E9F

triadic

#1B9F8E #8E1B9F #9F8E1B

tetradic

#1B9F8E #4C1B9F #9F1B2C #6E9F1B

square

#1B9F8E #4C1B9F #9F1B2C #6E9F1B

split-complementary

#1B9F8E #9F1B6E #9F4C1B

monochromatic

#093631 #126B5F #1B9F8E #24D3BD #53E2CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#1B9F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#1B9F8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9F8E

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9F8E	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#97958D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#878990

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 159, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.109 181.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcaf',
    500: '#1b9f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9f8e;
$custom-light: #72bcaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.273,
    "s": 70.968,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63261,
    "c": 0.10858,
    "h": 181.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9F8E

secondary

#C55160

accent

#3A51EE

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9F8E

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

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