#1C9EA8#1C9EA8

#1C9EA8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 203.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9EA8
RGB	rgb(28, 158, 168)
HSL	hsl(184, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 6%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -28.99, -14.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 32.50, 206.86°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.0953 -0.0409)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.104 203.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.7704, 27.5252, 41.3091)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9EA8 #A8261C

analogous

#1CA86C #1C9EA8 #1C58A8

triadic

#1C9EA8 #A81C9E #9EA81C

tetradic

#1C9EA8 #6C1CA8 #A8261C #58A81C

square

#1C9EA8 #6C1CA8 #A8261C #58A81C

split-complementary

#1C9EA8 #A81C58 #A86C1C

monochromatic

#0B3B3F #136D74 #1C9EA8 #26CEDB #5BDAE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#1C9EA8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#1C9EA8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9EA8

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9EA8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9EA8	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9197A9

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7E89A8

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9ea8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 158, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 203.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bbc1',
    500: '#1c9ea8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9ea8;
$custom-light: #75bbc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9ea8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.286,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6394,
    "c": 0.10372,
    "h": 203.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9EA8

secondary

#C76058

accent

#473AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9EA8

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

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