#1C9589#1C9589

#1C9589 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.235; OKLCH L 60.5% C 0.101 H 184.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9589
RGB	rgb(28, 149, 137)
HSL	hsl(174, 68%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(174, 81%, 58%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.2%, 0%, 8.1%, 41.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.63, -34.18, -2.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.63, 34.29, 184.57°)
OKLab	oklab(60.5% -0.1006 -0.0079)
OKLCH	oklch(60.5% 0.101 184.5)
XYZ	xyz(15.7395, 23.5459, 27.3773)
Luminance	0.2355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9589 #951C28

analogous

#1C954D #1C9589 #1C6495

triadic

#1C9589 #891C95 #95891C

tetradic

#1C9589 #4D1C95 #951C28 #64951C

square

#1C9589 #4D1C95 #951C28 #64951C

split-complementary

#1C9589 #951C64 #954D1C

monochromatic

#092E2A #12615A #1C9589 #26C9B8 #4EDECF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.68

#1C9589 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.71

#1C9589 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9589

5.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9589	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9589	1.00	3.68	5.71	5.71
#FFFFFF	3.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8C89

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D808A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009891

Achromatopsia (no color)

#858585

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9589;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 149, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.5% 0.101 184.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b5ab',
    500: '#1c9589',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9589;
$custom-light: #70b5ab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9589",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.05,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60501,
    "c": 0.10094,
    "h": 184.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.23548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9589

secondary

#C04D58

accent

#3D4EEB

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9589

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

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