#1C9799#1C9799

#1C9799 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.247; OKLCH L 61.6% C 0.099 H 196.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9799
RGB	rgb(28, 151, 153)
HSL	hsl(181, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 1.3%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.76, -30.30, -10.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.76, 31.98, 198.63°)
OKLab	oklab(61.59% -0.0951 -0.0284)
OKLCH	oklch(61.59% 0.099 196.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.2926, 24.6778, 33.9827)
Luminance	0.2468 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9799 #991E1C

analogous

#1C995C #1C9799 #1C5899

triadic

#1C9799 #991C97 #97991C

tetradic

#1C9799 #5C1C99 #991E1C #58991C

square

#1C9799 #5C1C99 #991E1C #58991C

split-complementary

#1C9799 #991C58 #995C1C

monochromatic

#093132 #136465 #1C9799 #25CACD #50DDDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#1C9799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.94

#1C9799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9799

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9799	1.00	3.54	5.94	5.94
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.94	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C8F99

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 151, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.6% 0.099 196.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6b7',
    500: '#1c9799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9799;
$custom-light: #72b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.96,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61585,
    "c": 0.0993,
    "h": 196.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2468
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9799

secondary

#C2514F

accent

#3F3CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9799

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

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