#1C9CAB#1C9CAB

#1C9CAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.104 H 207.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9CAB
RGB	rgb(28, 156, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 8.8%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -27.04, -17.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 32.03, 212.42°)
OKLab	oklab(63.55% -0.0921 -0.0478)
OKLCH	oklch(63.55% 0.104 207.4)
XYZ	xyz(19.7148, 26.9616, 42.6852)
Luminance	0.2696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9CAB #AB2B1C

analogous

#1CAB73 #1C9CAB #1C55AB

triadic

#1C9CAB #AB1C9C #9CAB1C

tetradic

#1C9CAB #731CAB #AB2B1C #55AB1C

square

#1C9CAB #731CAB #AB2B1C #55AB1C

split-complementary

#1C9CAB #AB1C55 #AB731C

monochromatic

#0B3C42 #136C76 #1C9CAB #28C9DC #5DD6E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#1C9CAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#1C9CAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9CAB

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9CAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9CAB	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B88AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A3A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9cab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 156, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.104 207.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75b9c4',
    500: '#1c9cab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9cab;
$custom-light: #75b9c4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9cab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.294,
    "s": 71.859,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63554,
    "c": 0.10377,
    "h": 207.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26964
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9CAB

secondary

#C9665A

accent

#4C39EF

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9CAB

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

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