#1C9CA6#1C9CA6

#1C9CA6 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.103 H 203.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9CA6
RGB	rgb(28, 156, 166)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 65%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.1%, 6%, 0%, 34.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.77, -28.65, -14.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.77, 32.15, 207.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.0943 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.103 203.3)
XYZ	xyz(19.2472, 26.7745, 40.2226)
Luminance	0.2678 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9CA6 #A6261C

analogous

#1CA66B #1C9CA6 #1C57A6

triadic

#1C9CA6 #A61C9C #9CA61C

tetradic

#1C9CA6 #6B1CA6 #A6261C #57A61C

square

#1C9CA6 #6B1CA6 #A6261C #57A61C

split-complementary

#1C9CA6 #A61C57 #A66B1C

monochromatic

#0A3A3D #136B72 #1C9CA6 #25CDDA #59D9E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#1C9CA6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.36

#1C9CA6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9CA6

6.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9CA6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9CA6	1.00	3.30	6.36	6.36
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F95A7

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D88A6

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9ca6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 156, 166);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.103 203.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b9c0',
    500: '#1c9ca6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9ca6;
$custom-light: #74b9c0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9ca6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 166
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.348,
    "s": 71.134,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63356,
    "c": 0.10264,
    "h": 203.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.26777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9CA6

secondary

#C75F57

accent

#473AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9CA6

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

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