#1C9979#1C9979

#1C9979 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.244; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.114 H 170.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9979
RGB	rgb(28, 153, 121)
HSL	hsl(165, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(165, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 20.9%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.49, -40.37, 7.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.49, 41.09, 169.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.07% -0.1125 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(61.07% 0.114 170.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.3194, 24.4079, 21.9892)
Luminance	0.2441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9979 #991C3C

analogous

#1C993A #1C9979 #1C7A99

triadic

#1C9979 #791C99 #99791C

tetradic

#1C9979 #3A1C99 #991C3C #7A991C

square

#1C9979 #3A1C99 #991C3C #7A991C

split-complementary

#1C9979 #991C7A #993A1C

monochromatic

#093227 #136550 #1C9979 #25CDA2 #50DFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.57

#1C9979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.88

#1C9979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9979

5.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9979	1.00	3.57	5.88	5.88
#FFFFFF	3.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E77

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85837B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 153, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.114 170.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b89f',
    500: '#1c9979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9979;
$custom-light: #70b89f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.64,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61067,
    "c": 0.11419,
    "h": 170.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9979

secondary

#C24F6C

accent

#3C69EC

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110E

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9979

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

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