#1BB9C9#1BB9C9

#1BB9C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.119 H 206.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#1BB9C9
RGBrgb(27, 185, 201)
HSLhsl(186, 76%, 45%)
HSVhsv(186, 87%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(86.6%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.86, -31.73, -18.85)
CIE-LCHlch(68.86, 36.90, 210.71°)
OKLaboklab(71.93% -0.107 -0.0525)
OKLCHoklch(71.93% 0.119 206.1)
XYZxyz(28.3388, 39.1443, 61.3090)
Luminance0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#1BB9C9 #C92B1B
analogous
#1BC982 #1BB9C9 #1B62C9
triadic
#1BB9C9 #C91BB9 #B9C91B
tetradic
#1BB9C9 #821BC9 #C92B1B #62C91B
square
#1BB9C9 #821BC9 #C92B1B #62C91B
split-complementary
#1BB9C9 #C91B62 #C9821B
monochromatic
#0D565D #148793 #1BB9C9 #3CD5E5 #72E1EC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38
#1BB9C9 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83
#1BB9C9 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1BB9C9
8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##1BB9C9#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##1BB9C91.002.388.838.83
#FFFFFF2.381.0021.0021.00
#0000008.8321.001.001.00
##0000008.8321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8B1CA
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#92A1C9
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00C2BE
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #1bb9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 185, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.119 206.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7cced9',
    500: '#1bb9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #1bb9c9;
$custom-light: #7cced9;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#1bb9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 185,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.517,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71926,
    "c": 0.11918,
    "h": 206.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.39148
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#1BB9C9
secondary
#D3766D
accent
#4635F3
background
#F8FCFD
surface
#F0F9FA
border
#CBD2D3
text
#0C1314
muted
#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #1BB9C9

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#1BB9C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva