#1C9699#1C9699

#1C9699 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.099 H 197.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9699
RGB	rgb(28, 150, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 2%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.44, -29.82, -10.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.44, 31.67, 199.72°)
OKLab	oklab(61.33% -0.0942 -0.0297)
OKLCH	oklch(61.33% 0.099 197.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.1324, 24.3573, 33.9293)
Luminance	0.2436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9699 #991F1C

analogous

#1C995D #1C9699 #1C5799

triadic

#1C9699 #991C96 #96991C

tetradic

#1C9699 #5D1C99 #991F1C #57991C

square

#1C9699 #5D1C99 #991F1C #57991C

split-complementary

#1C9699 #991C57 #995D1C

monochromatic

#093132 #136365 #1C9699 #25C9CD #50DCDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#1C9699 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#1C9699 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9699

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9699	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9699	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)

#8B8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A829A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9699;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 150, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.099 197.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b5b7',
    500: '#1c9699',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9699;
$custom-light: #72b5b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9699",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.44,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61328,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 197.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9699

secondary

#C2524F

accent

#403CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9699

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

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