#1CA8B4#1CA8B4

#1CA8B4 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.109 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1CA8B4
RGB	rgb(28, 168, 180)
HSL	hsl(185, 73%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(185, 84%, 71%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.4%, 6.7%, 0%, 29.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -30.07, -16.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 34.13, 208.21°)
OKLab	oklab(66.92% -0.0997 -0.0449)
OKLCH	oklch(66.92% 0.109 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(22.7160, 31.5445, 48.0626)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1CA8B4 #B4281C

analogous

#1CB474 #1CA8B4 #1C5CB4

triadic

#1CA8B4 #B41CA8 #A8B41C

tetradic

#1CA8B4 #741CB4 #B4281C #5CB41C

square

#1CA8B4 #741CB4 #B4281C #5CB41C

split-complementary

#1CA8B4 #B41C5C #B4741C

monochromatic

#0C454A #14777F #1CA8B4 #2FD1DF #64DCE7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#1CA8B4 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#1CA8B4 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1CA8B4

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1CA8B4	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1CA8B4	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99A1B5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8692B4

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFAB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1ca8b4;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 168, 180);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.109 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#78c2ca',
    500: '#1ca8b4',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1ca8b4;
$custom-light: #78c2ca;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1ca8b4",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 180
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.737,
    "s": 73.077,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66918,
    "c": 0.10938,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31547
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1CA8B4

secondary

#CC6960

accent

#4738F0

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F8

border

#CAD1D1

text

#0B1213

muted

#7C8182

Preview Lab

Preview with #1CA8B4

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

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