#1C9DB4#1C9DB4

#1C9DB4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.107 H 213.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9DB4
RGB	rgb(28, 157, 180)
HSL	hsl(189, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(189, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 12.8%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.57, -24.59, -21.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.57, 32.52, 220.89°)
OKLab	oklab(64.18% -0.0893 -0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(64.18% 0.107 213.7)
XYZ	xyz(20.7705, 27.6534, 47.4141)
Luminance	0.2766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9DB4 #B4331C

analogous

#1CB47F #1C9DB4 #1C51B4

triadic

#1C9DB4 #B41C9D #9DB41C

tetradic

#1C9DB4 #7F1CB4 #B4331C #51B41C

square

#1C9DB4 #7F1CB4 #B4331C #51B41C

split-complementary

#1C9DB4 #B41C51 #B47F1C

monochromatic

#0C414A #146F7F #1C9DB4 #2FC4DF #64D3E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#1C9DB4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#1C9DB4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9DB4

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9DB4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9DB4	1.00	3.22	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C97B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7989B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9db4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 157, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.107 213.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76baca',
    500: '#1c9db4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9db4;
$custom-light: #76baca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9db4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 189.079,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64176,
    "c": 0.10727,
    "h": 213.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27656
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9DB4

secondary

#CC7060

accent

#5438F0

background

#F7FBFC

surface

#EEF6F8

border

#C9D0D1

text

#0A1113

muted

#7C8082

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9DB4

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

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