#1E9496#1E9496

#1E9496 is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.237; OKLCH L 60.7% C 0.097 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#1E9496
RGB	rgb(30, 148, 150)
HSL	hsl(181, 67%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 80%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(80%, 1.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(55.74, -29.59, -10.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(55.74, 31.24, 198.71°)
OKLab	oklab(60.73% -0.0929 -0.0279)
OKLCH	oklch(60.73% 0.097 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6278, 23.6558, 32.5379)
Luminance	0.2366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#1E9496 #96201E

analogous

#1E965C #1E9496 #1E5896

triadic

#1E9496 #961E94 #94961E

tetradic

#1E9496 #5C1E96 #96201E #58961E

square

#1E9496 #5C1E96 #96201E #58961E

split-complementary

#1E9496 #961E58 #965C1E

monochromatic

#0A2F30 #146263 #1E9496 #28C6C9 #52DADC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.66

#1E9496 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.73

#1E9496 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #1E9496

5.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##1E9496	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##1E9496	1.00	3.66	5.73	5.73
#FFFFFF	3.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898D96

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#798097

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009994

Achromatopsia (no color)

#868686

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #1e9496;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(30, 148, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(60.7% 0.097 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b4b4',
    500: '#1e9496',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #1e9496;
$custom-light: #72b4b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#1e9496",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 30,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.60733,
    "c": 0.09702,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.23658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#1E9496

secondary

#BF5250

accent

#413EEA

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #1E9496

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

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