#1C979E#1C979E

#1C979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 201.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C979E
RGB	rgb(28, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(183, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.3%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -28.73, -12.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 31.46, 204.05°)
OKLab	oklab(61.77% -0.0929 -0.0357)
OKLCH	oklch(61.77% 0.1 201)
XYZ	xyz(17.7142, 24.8465, 36.2033)
Luminance	0.2485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C979E #9E231C

analogous

#1C9E64 #1C979E #1C569E

triadic

#1C979E #9E1C97 #979E1C

tetradic

#1C979E #641C9E #9E231C #569E1C

square

#1C979E #641C9E #9E231C #569E1C

split-complementary

#1C979E #9E1C56 #9E641C

monochromatic

#0A3436 #13656A #1C979E #25C9D2 #54D9E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#1C979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#1C979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C979E

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C979E	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 201.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b6ba',
    500: '#1c979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c979e;
$custom-light: #73b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.231,
    "s": 69.892,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61774,
    "c": 0.09951,
    "h": 201
  },
  "luminance": 0.24849
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C979E

secondary

#C45852

accent

#453BED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C979E

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

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