#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
RGBrgb(27, 201, 201)
HSLhsl(180, 76%, 45%)
HSVhsv(180, 87%, 79%)
CMYKcmyk(86.6%, 0%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LABlab(73.69, -39.20, -11.57)
CIE-LCHlch(73.69, 40.87, 196.45°)
OKLaboklab(75.85% -0.1218 -0.0322)
OKLCHoklch(75.85% 0.126 194.8)
XYZxyz(31.8763, 46.2192, 62.4881)
Luminance0.4622 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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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
##1BC9C91.002.0510.2410.24
#FFFFFF2.051.0021.0021.00
#00000010.2421.001.001.00
##00000010.2421.001.001.00

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

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#1BC9C9 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva