#1C97AD#1C97AD

#1C97AD is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.254; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.104 H 213.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C97AD
RGB	rgb(28, 151, 173)
HSL	hsl(189, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.8%, 12.7%, 0%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.46, -23.84, -20.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.46, 31.48, 220.78°)
OKLab	oklab(62.38% -0.0864 -0.0574)
OKLCH	oklch(62.38% 0.104 213.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.0850, 25.3948, 43.4229)
Luminance	0.2540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C97AD #AD321C

analogous

#1CAD7A #1C97AD #1C4FAD

triadic

#1C97AD #AD1C97 #97AD1C

tetradic

#1C97AD #7A1CAD #AD321C #4FAD1C

square

#1C97AD #7A1CAD #AD321C #4FAD1C

split-complementary

#1C97AD #AD1C4F #AD7A1C

monochromatic

#0B3B44 #136978 #1C97AD #2AC1DC #5ED1E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.45

#1C97AD on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.08

#1C97AD on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C97AD

6.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C97AD	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C97AD	1.00	3.45	6.08	6.08
#FFFFFF	3.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8792AE

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7484AD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c97ad;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 151, 173);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.104 213.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b6c5',
    500: '#1c97ad',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c97ad;
$custom-light: #75b6c5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c97ad",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 173
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.103,
    "s": 72.139,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62381,
    "c": 0.10378,
    "h": 213.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25397
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C97AD

secondary

#C96C5C

accent

#5539EF

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C97AD

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

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