#1C9D8F#1C9D8F

#1C9D8F is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 62.8% C 0.106 H 183.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9D8F
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 143)
HSL	hsl(173, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 0%, 8.9%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.36, -36.12, -2.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.36, 36.18, 183.40°)
OKLab	oklab(62.79% -0.1058 -0.0064)
OKLCH	oklch(62.79% 0.106 183.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.4913, 26.3418, 30.1439)
Luminance	0.2634 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9D8F #9D1C2A

analogous

#1C9D4F #1C9D8F #1C6B9D

triadic

#1C9D8F #8F1C9D #9D8F1C

tetradic

#1C9D8F #4F1C9D #9D1C2A #6B9D1C

square

#1C9D8F #4F1C9D #9D1C2A #6B9D1C

split-complementary

#1C9D8F #9D1C6B #9D4F1C

monochromatic

#093530 #136960 #1C9D8F #25D1BE #53E0D1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.35

#1C9D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.27

#1C9D8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9D8F

6.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9D8F	1.00	3.35	6.27	6.27
#FFFFFF	3.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95938F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A099

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.8% 0.106 183.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72baaf',
    500: '#1c9d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9d8f;
$custom-light: #72baaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.488,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62787,
    "c": 0.106,
    "h": 183.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9D8F

secondary

#C3515E

accent

#3B4FED

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9D8F

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

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