#1C9998#1C9998

#1C9998 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.101 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9998
RGB	rgb(28, 153, 152)
HSL	hsl(180, 69%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 82%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(81.7%, 0%, 0.7%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.36, -31.57, -8.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.36, 32.76, 195.48°)
OKLab	oklab(62.06% -0.0976 -0.0244)
OKLCH	oklch(62.06% 0.101 194)
XYZ	xyz(17.5350, 25.2941, 33.6577)
Luminance	0.2530 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9998 #991C1D

analogous

#1C9959 #1C9998 #1C5B99

triadic

#1C9998 #981C99 #99981C

tetradic

#1C9998 #591C99 #991C1D #5B991C

square

#1C9998 #591C99 #991C1D #5B991C

split-complementary

#1C9998 #991C5B #99591C

monochromatic

#093231 #136565 #1C9998 #25CDCB #50DFDE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#1C9998 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.06

#1C9998 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9998

6.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9998	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9998	1.00	3.47	6.06	6.06
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F9198

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D8499

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9998;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 153, 152);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.101 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7b6',
    500: '#1c9998',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9998;
$custom-light: #72b7b6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9998",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 152
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.52,
    "s": 69.061,
    "l": 35.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62063,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.25296
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9998

secondary

#C24F50

accent

#3C3DEC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9998

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

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