#1C9FA0#1C9FA0

#1C9FA0 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 195.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1C9FA0
RGB	rgb(28, 159, 160)
HSL	hsl(180, 70%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(82.5%, 0.6%, 0%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.51, -31.98, -10.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.51, 33.54, 197.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.89% -0.0999 -0.0281)
OKLCH	oklch(63.89% 0.104 195.7)
XYZ	xyz(19.2192, 27.5788, 37.5612)
Luminance	0.2758 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1C9FA0 #A01D1C

analogous

#1CA05F #1C9FA0 #1C5DA0

triadic

#1C9FA0 #A01C9F #9FA01C

tetradic

#1C9FA0 #5F1CA0 #A01D1C #5DA01C

square

#1C9FA0 #5F1CA0 #A01D1C #5DA01C

split-complementary

#1C9FA0 #A01C5D #A05F1C

monochromatic

#0A3738 #136B6C #1C9FA0 #25D3D4 #55E0E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#1C9FA0 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#1C9FA0 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1C9FA0

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1C9FA0	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1C9FA0	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9497A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#828AA1

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1c9fa0;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 159, 160);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 195.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bcbc',
    500: '#1c9fa0',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1c9fa0;
$custom-light: #74bcbc;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1c9fa0",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 160
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.455,
    "s": 70.213,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63892,
    "c": 0.10374,
    "h": 195.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1C9FA0

secondary

#C45453

accent

#3C3BED

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1C9FA0

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

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