#1C9D99#1C9D99

#1C9D99 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.267; OKLCH L 63.1% C 0.103 H 191.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9D99
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 153)
HSL	hsl(178, 70%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(178, 82%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.2%, 0%, 2.5%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.66, -33.17, -7.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.66, 33.98, 192.55°)
OKLab	oklab(63.13% -0.1011 -0.0206)
OKLCH	oklch(63.13% 0.103 191.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.2829, 26.6584, 34.3128)
Luminance	0.2666 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9D99 #9D1C20

analogous

#1C9D59 #1C9D99 #1C619D

triadic

#1C9D99 #991C9D #9D991C

tetradic

#1C9D99 #591C9D #9D1C20 #619D1C

square

#1C9D99 #591C9D #9D1C20 #619D1C

split-complementary

#1C9D99 #9D1C61 #9D591C

monochromatic

#093534 #136966 #1C9D99 #25D1CC #53E0DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.32

#1C9D99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.33

#1C9D99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9D99

6.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9D99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9D99	1.00	3.32	6.33	6.33
#FFFFFF	3.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#939499

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9d99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.1% 0.103 191.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bab7',
    500: '#1c9d99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9d99;
$custom-light: #73bab7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9d99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.14,
    "s": 69.73,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63128,
    "c": 0.10319,
    "h": 191.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.26661
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9D99

secondary

#C35155

accent

#3B41ED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9D99

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

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