#1C9D97#1C9D97

#1C9D97 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.104 H 189.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9D97
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 151)
HSL	hsl(177, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(177, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 0%, 3.8%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.60, -33.77, -6.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.60, 34.36, 190.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.06% -0.102 -0.0178)
OKLCH	oklch(63.06% 0.104 189.9)
XYZ	xyz(18.1191, 26.5929, 33.4501)
Luminance	0.2660 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9D97 #9D1C22

analogous

#1C9D57 #1C9D97 #1C639D

triadic

#1C9D97 #971C9D #9D971C

tetradic

#1C9D97 #571C9D #9D1C22 #639D1C

square

#1C9D97 #571C9D #9D1C22 #639D1C

split-complementary

#1C9D97 #9D1C63 #9D571C

monochromatic

#093533 #136965 #1C9D97 #25D1C9 #53E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#1C9D97 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.32

#1C9D97 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9D97

6.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9D97	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9D97	1.00	3.32	6.32	6.32
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939497

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9d97;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.104 189.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab5',
    500: '#1c9d97',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9d97;
$custom-light: #73bab5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9d97",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.209,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63057,
    "c": 0.10357,
    "h": 189.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9D97

secondary

#C35157

accent

#3B44ED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9D97

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

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