#1CA4A8#1CA4A8

#1CA4A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.296; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.106 H 198.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1CA4A8
RGB	rgb(28, 164, 168)
HSL	hsl(182, 71%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(182, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.3%, 2.4%, 0%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.33, -31.91, -11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.33, 34.04, 200.41°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.1011 -0.033)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.106 198.1)
XYZ	xyz(20.8190, 29.6223, 41.6586)
Luminance	0.2963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1CA4A8 #A8201C

analogous

#1CA866 #1CA4A8 #1C5EA8

triadic

#1CA4A8 #A81CA4 #A4A81C

tetradic

#1CA4A8 #661CA8 #A8201C #5EA81C

square

#1CA4A8 #661CA8 #A8201C #5EA81C

split-complementary

#1CA4A8 #A81C5E #A8661C

monochromatic

#0B3E3F #137174 #1CA4A8 #26D6DB #5BE0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.03

#1CA4A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.93

#1CA4A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1CA4A8

6.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1CA4A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1CA4A8	1.00	3.03	6.93	6.93
#FFFFFF	3.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#989CA8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858EA9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AAA5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#949494

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1ca4a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 164, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.106 198.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76bfc1',
    500: '#1ca4a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1ca4a8;
$custom-light: #76bfc1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1ca4a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.714,
    "s": 71.429,
    "l": 38.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65457,
    "c": 0.1064,
    "h": 198.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.29625
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1CA4A8

secondary

#C75C58

accent

#3F3AEE

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF7F7

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1CA4A8

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

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