#1C9697#1C9697

#1C9697 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9697
RGB	rgb(28, 150, 151)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0.7%, 0%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.38, -30.44, -9.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.38, 31.93, 197.58°)
OKLab	oklab(61.25% -0.0951 -0.0268)
OKLCH	oklch(61.25% 0.099 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9686, 24.2918, 33.0666)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9697 #971D1C

analogous

#1C975B #1C9697 #1C5897

triadic

#1C9697 #971C96 #96971C

tetradic

#1C9697 #5B1C97 #971D1C #58971C

square

#1C9697 #5B1C97 #971D1C #58971C

split-complementary

#1C9697 #971C58 #975B1C

monochromatic

#092F30 #126363 #1C9697 #26C9CB #4FDDDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#1C9697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#1C9697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9697

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9697	1.00	3.58	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E97

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8298

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 150, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b5b5',
    500: '#1c9697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9697;
$custom-light: #72b5b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61253,
    "c": 0.09878,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24294
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9697

secondary

#C14F4E

accent

#3E3CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9697

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

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