#1C9DAB#1C9DAB

#1C9DAB is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.8% C 0.104 H 206.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9DAB
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 171)
HSL	hsl(186, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(186, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.6%, 8.2%, 0%, 32.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.25, -27.54, -16.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.25, 32.20, 211.23°)
OKLab	oklab(63.81% -0.0931 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(63.81% 0.104 206.6)
XYZ	xyz(19.8833, 27.2985, 42.7414)
Luminance	0.2730 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9DAB #AB2A1C

analogous

#1CAB72 #1C9DAB #1C56AB

triadic

#1C9DAB #AB1C9D #9DAB1C

tetradic

#1C9DAB #721CAB #AB2A1C #56AB1C

square

#1C9DAB #721CAB #AB2A1C #56AB1C

split-complementary

#1C9DAB #AB1C56 #AB721C

monochromatic

#0B3C42 #136D76 #1C9DAB #28CADC #5DD7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#1C9DAB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.46

#1C9DAB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9DAB

6.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9DAB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9DAB	1.00	3.25	6.46	6.46
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F96AC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C89AB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A4A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9dab;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 171);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.8% 0.104 206.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bac4',
    500: '#1c9dab',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9dab;
$custom-light: #75bac4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9dab",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 171
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.874,
    "s": 71.859,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63806,
    "c": 0.10404,
    "h": 206.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27301
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9DAB

secondary

#C9655A

accent

#4B39EF

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1112

muted

#7C8081

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9DAB

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

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