#1C9796#1C9796

#1C9796 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.5% C 0.099 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9796
RGB	rgb(28, 151, 150)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 81%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.5%, 0%, 0.7%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.66, -31.23, -8.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.66, 32.40, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(61.48% -0.0965 -0.0241)
OKLCH	oklch(61.48% 0.099 194)
XYZ	xyz(17.0479, 24.5799, 32.6941)
Luminance	0.2458 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9796 #971C1D

analogous

#1C9758 #1C9796 #1C5B97

triadic

#1C9796 #961C97 #97961C

tetradic

#1C9796 #581C97 #971C1D #5B971C

square

#1C9796 #581C97 #971C1D #5B971C

split-complementary

#1C9796 #971C5B #97581C

monochromatic

#09302F #126363 #1C9796 #26CBC9 #4FDEDD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#1C9796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#1C9796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9796

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9796	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D8F96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C8397

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 151, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.5% 0.099 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6b4',
    500: '#1c9796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9796;
$custom-light: #72b6b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.512,
    "s": 68.715,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61475,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.24582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9796

secondary

#C14E4F

accent

#3C3EEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9796

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

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