#1CA9A8#1CA9A8

#1CA9A8 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.109 H 194.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1CA9A8
RGB	rgb(28, 169, 168)
HSL	hsl(180, 72%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(180, 83%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(83.4%, 0%, 0.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.88, -34.27, -9.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.88, 35.58, 195.55°)
OKLab	oklab(66.72% -0.106 -0.0266)
OKLCH	oklch(66.72% 0.109 194.1)
XYZ	xyz(21.7314, 31.4472, 41.9627)
Luminance	0.3145 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1CA9A8 #A91C1D

analogous

#1CA961 #1CA9A8 #1C63A9

triadic

#1CA9A8 #A81CA9 #A9A81C

tetradic

#1CA9A8 #611CA9 #A91C1D #63A91C

square

#1CA9A8 #611CA9 #A91C1D #63A91C

split-complementary

#1CA9A8 #A91C63 #A9611C

monochromatic

#0B4040 #137474 #1CA9A8 #27DBDA #5BE4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#1CA9A8 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#1CA9A8 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1CA9A8

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1CA9A8	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1CA9A8	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9DA0A8

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B92A9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00AFA8

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1ca9a8;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 169, 168);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.109 194.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#76c3c1',
    500: '#1ca9a8',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1ca9a8;
$custom-light: #76c3c1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1ca9a8",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 168
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.574,
    "s": 71.574,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66722,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 194.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1CA9A8

secondary

#C8595A

accent

#393BEE

background

#F8FCFB

surface

#EFF8F7

border

#CAD1D0

text

#0A1212

muted

#7C8181

Preview Lab

Preview with #1CA9A8

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

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