#1B9FA0#1B9FA0

#1B9FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1B9FA0
RGB	rgb(27, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 71%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.49, -32.07, -10.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.49, 33.62, 197.49°)
OKLab	oklab(63.88% -0.1001 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.88% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.1923, 27.5649, 37.5599)
Luminance	0.2757 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1B9FA0 #A01C1B

analogous

#1BA05F #1B9FA0 #1B5DA0

triadic

#1B9FA0 #A01B9F #9FA01B

tetradic

#1B9FA0 #5F1BA0 #A01C1B #5DA01B

square

#1B9FA0 #5F1BA0 #A01C1B #5DA01B

split-complementary

#1B9FA0 #A01B5D #A05F1B

monochromatic

#093737 #126B6C #1B9FA0 #24D3D4 #53E1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#1B9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#1B9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1B9FA0

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1B9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1B9FA0	1.00	3.22	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.22	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)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1b9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcbc',
    500: '#1b9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1b9fa0;
$custom-light: #74bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1b9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.451,
    "s": 71.123,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63878,
    "c": 0.104,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1B9FA0

secondary

#C55352

accent

#3B3AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1B9FA0

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

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