#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
RGB	rgb(27, 185, 201)
HSL	hsl(186, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(186, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 8%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -31.73, -18.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 36.90, 210.71°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.107 -0.0525)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.119 206.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3388, 39.1443, 61.3090)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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
##1BB9C9	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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