#1D8D80 is a mid-toned, cool cyan. On the Color Lab it reads with a faded, vintage edge. It carries a legible label as a UI accent and reproduces cleanly in print.
Not just a swatch — here's how #1D8D80 works with other colors. Named schemes with #1D8D80 in its natural role, and a note on why the supporting colors balance it.
Dark Cyan opens this coastal palette with sea-glass and warm sand alongside it, grounded by driftwood grey and a deep-navy anchor.
Dark Cyan plays the worn-leather lead, deepened by saddle brown and an oxblood anchor, softened by aged cream and cooled by a muted forest green.
Dark Cyan anchors this café scheme as the warm mid-tone, lifted by latte cream and a muted sage accent and grounded by espresso brown and a warm charcoal.
Dark Cyan sits between cream and a deep berry here, softened by a blush accent and grounded by charcoal.
Dark Cyan is the single accent in this high-contrast editorial system — set on near-white paper against near-black ink, with a warm grey and a desaturated tint of Dark Cyan carrying the quiet middle.
How #1D8D80 actually behaves in design work — read from its OKLCH lightness, chroma and hue, not just its raw numbers. Ten signals to help you decide where this color earns its place.
Not a swatch to memorise — a color to build with. Here is #1D8D80 at work across the surfaces designers actually ship.
:root {
--color-base: #1D8D80;
--color-base-rgb: 29 141 128;
--color-base-oklch: oklch(58.1% 0.097 183.0);
--color-50: #F2FDFC;
--color-100: #DCF9F6;
--color-200: #BBF1EB;
--color-300: #8DE2D8;
--color-400: #62D0C3;
--color-500: #40B5A7;
--color-600: #388A80;
--color-700: #2D625C;
--color-800: #21403D;
--color-900: #162825;
--color-on-base: #141310;
}
// tailwind.config.js
colors: {
dark-cyan: {
50: '#F2FDFC',
100: '#DCF9F6',
200: '#BBF1EB',
300: '#8DE2D8',
400: '#62D0C3',
500: '#40B5A7',
600: '#388A80',
700: '#2D625C',
800: '#21403D',
900: '#162825',
},
}
$base: #1D8D80; $base-ink: #141310; $base-50: #F2FDFC; $base-100: #DCF9F6; $base-200: #BBF1EB; $base-300: #8DE2D8; $base-400: #62D0C3; $base-500: #40B5A7; $base-600: #388A80; $base-700: #2D625C; $base-800: #21403D; $base-900: #162825; $base-hover: #177065; $base-subtle: #B2E5DF;
{
"color": {
"base": {
"value": "#1D8D80",
"type": "color"
},
"onBase": {
"value": "#141310",
"type": "color"
},
"scale": {
"50": {
"value": "#F2FDFC",
"type": "color"
},
"100": {
"value": "#DCF9F6",
"type": "color"
},
"200": {
"value": "#BBF1EB",
"type": "color"
},
"300": {
"value": "#8DE2D8",
"type": "color"
},
"400": {
"value": "#62D0C3",
"type": "color"
},
"500": {
"value": "#40B5A7",
"type": "color"
},
"600": {
"value": "#388A80",
"type": "color"
},
"700": {
"value": "#2D625C",
"type": "color"
},
"800": {
"value": "#21403D",
"type": "color"
},
"900": {
"value": "#162825",
"type": "color"
}
}
}
}