#1C9491#1C9491

#1C9491 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.098 H 192.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9491
RGB	rgb(28, 148, 145)
HSL	hsl(179, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.1%, 0%, 2%, 42%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.55, -31.32, -7.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.55, 32.19, 193.36°)
OKLab	oklab(60.52% -0.0958 -0.0207)
OKLCH	oklch(60.52% 0.098 192.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.1772, 23.4690, 30.4599)
Luminance	0.2347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9491 #941C1F

analogous

#1C9455 #1C9491 #1C5B94

triadic

#1C9491 #911C94 #94911C

tetradic

#1C9491 #551C94 #941C1F #5B941C

square

#1C9491 #551C94 #941C1F #5B941C

split-complementary

#1C9491 #941C5B #94551C

monochromatic

#092D2C #12615F #1C9491 #26C7C3 #4DDDDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.69

#1C9491 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.69

#1C9491 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9491

5.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9491	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9491	1.00	3.69	5.69	5.69
#FFFFFF	3.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8092

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009993

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9491;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 148, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.098 192.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4b1',
    500: '#1c9491',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9491;
$custom-light: #71b4b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9491",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.5,
    "s": 68.182,
    "l": 34.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60518,
    "c": 0.09806,
    "h": 192.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.23471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9491

secondary

#C04C4F

accent

#3D41EB

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F5

border

#C8D0CF

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9491

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

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