#1C9BB4#1C9BB4

#1C9BB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 215.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9BB4
RGB	rgb(28, 155, 180)
HSL	hsl(190, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(190, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 13.9%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.96, -23.56, -22.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.96, 32.40, 223.35°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.0874 -0.0622)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.107 215.4)
XYZ	xyz(20.4349, 26.9822, 47.3022)
Luminance	0.2698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9BB4 #B4351C

analogous

#1CB481 #1C9BB4 #1C4FB4

triadic

#1C9BB4 #B41C9B #9BB41C

tetradic

#1C9BB4 #811CB4 #B4351C #4FB41C

square

#1C9BB4 #811CB4 #B4351C #4FB41C

split-complementary

#1C9BB4 #B41C4F #B4811C

monochromatic

#0C404A #146D7F #1C9BB4 #2FC2DF #64D1E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#1C9BB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#1C9BB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9BB4

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9BB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9BB4	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A96B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7688B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9bb4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 155, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 215.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76b8ca',
    500: '#1c9bb4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9bb4;
$custom-light: #76b8ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9bb4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.868,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63678,
    "c": 0.10723,
    "h": 215.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26985
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9BB4

secondary

#CC7260

accent

#5638F0

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9BB4

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

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