#1C9899#1C9899

#1C9899 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.100 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9899
RGB	rgb(28, 152, 153)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.08, -30.78, -9.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.08, 32.29, 197.56°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0961 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.1 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.4542, 25.0010, 34.0366)
Luminance	0.2500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9899 #991D1C

analogous

#1C995B #1C9899 #1C5999

triadic

#1C9899 #991C98 #98991C

tetradic

#1C9899 #5B1C99 #991D1C #59991C

square

#1C9899 #5B1C99 #991D1C #59991C

split-complementary

#1C9899 #991C59 #995B1C

monochromatic

#093132 #136565 #1C9899 #25CBCD #50DEDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#1C9899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#1C9899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9899

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9899	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D9099

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 152, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.100 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7b7',
    500: '#1c9899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9899;
$custom-light: #72b7b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.48,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61842,
    "c": 0.0999,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9899

secondary

#C2504F

accent

#3D3CEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9899

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

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