#1C9698#1C9698

#1C9698 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9698
RGB	rgb(28, 150, 152)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.6%, 1.3%, 0%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.41, -30.13, -10.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.41, 31.80, 198.65°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.0946 -0.0283)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.099 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0501, 24.3244, 33.4961)
Luminance	0.2433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9698 #981E1C

analogous

#1C985C #1C9698 #1C5898

triadic

#1C9698 #981C96 #96981C

tetradic

#1C9698 #5C1C98 #981E1C #58981C

square

#1C9698 #5C1C98 #981E1C #58981C

split-complementary

#1C9698 #981C58 #985C1C

monochromatic

#093031 #126364 #1C9698 #26C9CC #50DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#1C9698 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#1C9698 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9698

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9698	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9698	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B8E98

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A8299

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9698;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 150, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b5b6',
    500: '#1c9698',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9698;
$custom-light: #72b5b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9698",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.968,
    "s": 68.889,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6129,
    "c": 0.09875,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24327
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9698

secondary

#C1504E

accent

#3F3CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9698

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

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