#1C9CA9#1C9CA9

#1C9CA9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.103 H 205.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9CA9
RGB	rgb(28, 156, 169)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.4%, 7.7%, 0%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, -27.68, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 32.05, 210.25°)
OKLab	oklab(63.47% -0.093 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(63.47% 0.103 205.8)
XYZ	xyz(19.5256, 26.8859, 41.6888)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9CA9 #A9291C

analogous

#1CA96F #1C9CA9 #1C55A9

triadic

#1C9CA9 #A91C9C #9CA91C

tetradic

#1C9CA9 #6F1CA9 #A9291C #55A91C

square

#1C9CA9 #6F1CA9 #A9291C #55A91C

split-complementary

#1C9CA9 #A91C55 #A96F1C

monochromatic

#0B3B40 #136C74 #1C9CA9 #27CBDB #5BD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#1C9CA9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#1C9CA9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9CA9

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9CA9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9CA9	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E95AA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C88A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9ca9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 156, 169);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.103 205.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9c2',
    500: '#1c9ca9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9ca9;
$custom-light: #75b9c2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9ca9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 169
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.532,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63474,
    "c": 0.10326,
    "h": 205.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9CA9

secondary

#C86359

accent

#4A39EE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9CA9

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

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