#1DB5C9#1DB5C9

#1DB5C9 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.375; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.118 H 209.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1DB5C9
RGB	rgb(29, 181, 201)
HSL	hsl(187, 75%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(187, 86%, 79%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 10%, 0%, 21.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.67, -29.66, -20.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.67, 36.14, 214.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.1029 -0.0576)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.118 209.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5685, 37.5224, 61.0366)
Luminance	0.3753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1DB5C9 #C9311D

analogous

#1DC987 #1DB5C9 #1D5FC9

triadic

#1DB5C9 #C91DB5 #B5C91D

tetradic

#1DB5C9 #871DC9 #C9311D #5FC91D

square

#1DB5C9 #871DC9 #C9311D #5FC91D

split-complementary

#1DB5C9 #C91D5F #C9871D

monochromatic

#0E555E #158594 #1DB5C9 #40D0E3 #75DDEB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#1DB5C9 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.51

#1DB5C9 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #1DB5C9

8.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1DB5C9	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1DB5C9	1.00	2.47	8.51	8.51
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3AECA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E9EC9

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00BEBB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1db5c9;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(29, 181, 201);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.118 209.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#7ccbd9',
    500: '#1db5c9',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1db5c9;
$custom-light: #7ccbd9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1db5c9",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 29,
    "g": 181,
    "b": 201
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.977,
    "s": 74.783,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70969,
    "c": 0.1179,
    "h": 209.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37526
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1DB5C9

secondary

#D27B70

accent

#4C36F1

background

#F8FCFD

surface

#F0F8FA

border

#CBD1D3

text

#0C1314

muted

#7D8283

Preview Lab

Preview with #1DB5C9

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

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