#1CB4BC#1CB4BC

#1CB4BC is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.115 H 200.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1CB4BC
RGB	rgb(28, 180, 188)
HSL	hsl(183, 74%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(183, 85%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.1%, 4.3%, 0%, 26.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.91, -33.34, -14.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.91, 36.40, 203.68°)
OKLab	oklab(70.21% -0.1076 -0.0407)
OKLCH	oklch(70.21% 0.115 200.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8731, 36.5169, 53.2520)
Luminance	0.3652 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1CB4BC #BC241C

analogous

#1CBC74 #1CB4BC #1C64BC

triadic

#1CB4BC #BC1CB4 #B4BC1C

tetradic

#1CB4BC #741CBC #BC241C #64BC1C

square

#1CB4BC #741CBC #BC241C #64BC1C

split-complementary

#1CB4BC #BC1C64 #BC741C

monochromatic

#0C4E51 #148187 #1CB4BC #34D8E1 #6AE2E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#1CB4BC on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#1CB4BC on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1CB4BC

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1CB4BC	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1CB4BC	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6ACBD

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#919CBD

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BBB6

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1cb4bc;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(28, 180, 188);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.115 200.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7acbd0',
    500: '#1cb4bc',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1cb4bc;
$custom-light: #7acbd0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1cb4bc",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 28,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 188
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183,
    "s": 74.074,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70209,
    "c": 0.11508,
    "h": 200.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3652
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1CB4BC

secondary

#CE6B65

accent

#4037F1

background

#F8FCFC

surface

#EFF8F9

border

#CAD1D2

text

#0B1314

muted

#7C8282

Preview Lab

Preview with #1CB4BC

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

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