#1C9599#1C9599

#1C9599 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.240; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.098 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9599
RGB	rgb(28, 149, 153)
HSL	hsl(182, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(182, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 2.6%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.13, -29.33, -11.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.13, 31.38, 200.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.0932 -0.031)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.098 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.9735, 24.0395, 33.8763)
Luminance	0.2404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9599 #99201C

analogous

#1C995E #1C9599 #1C5699

triadic

#1C9599 #991C95 #95991C

tetradic

#1C9599 #5E1C99 #99201C #56991C

square

#1C9599 #5E1C99 #99201C #56991C

split-complementary

#1C9599 #991C56 #995E1C

monochromatic

#093032 #136365 #1C9599 #25C7CD #50DADF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.62

#1C9599 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#1C9599 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9599

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9599	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9599	1.00	3.62	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A8E99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79819A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9599;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 149, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.098 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4b7',
    500: '#1c9599',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9599;
$custom-light: #72b4b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9599",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.92,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61071,
    "c": 0.0982,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24042
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9599

secondary

#C2534F

accent

#423CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9599

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

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