#1BC9C9#1BC9C9

#1BC9C9 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.462; OKLCH L 75.8% C 0.126 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 10.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1BC9C9
RGB	rgb(27, 201, 201)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(73.69, -39.20, -11.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(73.69, 40.87, 196.45°)
OKLab	oklab(75.85% -0.1218 -0.0322)
OKLCH	oklch(75.85% 0.126 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.8763, 46.2192, 62.4881)
Luminance	0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1BC9C9 #C91B1B

analogous

#1BC972 #1BC9C9 #1B72C9

triadic

#1BC9C9 #C91BC9 #C9C91B

tetradic

#1BC9C9 #721BC9 #C91B1B #72C91B

square

#1BC9C9 #721BC9 #C91B1B #72C91B

split-complementary

#1BC9C9 #C91B72 #C9721B

monochromatic

#0D5D5D #149393 #1BC9C9 #3CE5E5 #72ECEC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.05

#1BC9C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

10.24

#1BC9C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1BC9C9

10.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1BC9C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1BC9C9	1.00	2.05	10.24	10.24
#FFFFFF	2.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	10.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBBFC9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4AECA

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D0C9

Achromatopsia (no color)

#B5B5B5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1bc9c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(27, 201, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(75.8% 0.126 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7edad9',
    500: '#1bc9c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1bc9c9;
$custom-light: #7edad9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1bc9c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 27,
    "g": 201,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 76.316,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7585,
    "c": 0.12599,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.46223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1BC9C9

secondary

#D36D6D

accent

#3535F3

background

#F8FDFD

surface

#F0FBFA

border

#CBD4D3

text

#0C1514

muted

#7D8383

Preview Lab

Preview with #1BC9C9

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

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