#1C9499#1C9499

#1C9499 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.8% C 0.098 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9499
RGB	rgb(28, 148, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 3.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.81, -28.84, -11.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.81, 31.10, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(60.81% -0.0922 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(60.81% 0.098 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(16.8159, 23.7245, 33.8238)
Luminance	0.2373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9499 #99211C

analogous

#1C995F #1C9499 #1C5599

triadic

#1C9499 #991C94 #94991C

tetradic

#1C9499 #5F1C99 #99211C #55991C

square

#1C9499 #5F1C99 #99211C #55991C

split-complementary

#1C9499 #991C55 #995F1C

monochromatic

#093032 #136265 #1C9499 #25C6CD #50D9DF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#1C9499 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.75

#1C9499 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9499

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9499	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9499	1.00	3.66	5.75	5.75
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78809A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9499;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 148, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.8% 0.098 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4b7',
    500: '#1c9499',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9499;
$custom-light: #72b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9499",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60814,
    "c": 0.09769,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.23727
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9499

secondary

#C2544F

accent

#433CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9499

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

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