#1C9DA8#1C9DA8

#1C9DA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.103 H 204.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9DA8
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 168)
HSL	hsl(185, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(185, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 6.5%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -28.50, -15.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 32.28, 208.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.69% -0.0944 -0.0422)
OKLCH	oklch(63.69% 0.103 204.1)
XYZ	xyz(19.6006, 27.1855, 41.2525)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9DA8 #A8271C

analogous

#1CA86D #1C9DA8 #1C57A8

triadic

#1C9DA8 #A81C9D #9DA81C

tetradic

#1C9DA8 #6D1CA8 #A8271C #57A81C

square

#1C9DA8 #6D1CA8 #A8271C #57A81C

split-complementary

#1C9DA8 #A81C57 #A86D1C

monochromatic

#0B3B3F #136C74 #1C9DA8 #26CDDB #5BD9E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#1C9DA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#1C9DA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9DA8

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9DA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9DA8	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9da8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.103 204.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bac1',
    500: '#1c9da8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9da8;
$custom-light: #75bac1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9da8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63687,
    "c": 0.10336,
    "h": 204.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9DA8

secondary

#C76158

accent

#483AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9DA8

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

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