#1C959E#1C959E

#1C959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 202.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C959E
RGB	rgb(28, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(184, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -27.74, -13.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 30.97, 206.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.26% -0.0909 -0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(61.26% 0.099 202.8)
XYZ	xyz(17.3951, 24.2082, 36.0970)
Luminance	0.2421 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C959E #9E251C

analogous

#1C9E66 #1C959E #1C549E

triadic

#1C959E #9E1C95 #959E1C

tetradic

#1C959E #661C9E #9E251C #549E1C

square

#1C959E #661C9E #9E251C #549E1C

split-complementary

#1C959E #9E1C54 #9E661C

monochromatic

#0A3336 #13646A #1C959E #25C6D2 #54D7E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#1C959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#1C959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C959E

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C959E	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 202.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4ba',
    500: '#1c959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c959e;
$custom-light: #72b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.154,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61263,
    "c": 0.09866,
    "h": 202.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2421
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C959E

secondary

#C45A52

accent

#473BED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C959E

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

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