#12898E#12898E

#12898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.200; OKLCH L 57.4% C 0.094 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12898E
RGB	rgb(18, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 78%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.80, -27.73, -11.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.80, 29.95, 202.22°)
OKLab	oklab(57.4% -0.0888 -0.0315)
OKLCH	oklch(57.4% 0.094 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.0753, 19.9711, 28.6989)
Luminance	0.1997 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12898E #8E1712

analogous

#128E55 #12898E #124B8E

triadic

#12898E #8E1289 #898E12

tetradic

#12898E #55128E #8E1712 #4B8E12

square

#12898E #55128E #8E1712 #4B8E12

split-complementary

#12898E #8E124B #8E5512

monochromatic

#042021 #0B5558 #12898E #19BDC4 #35DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.20

#12898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.99

#12898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #12898E

4.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12898E	1.00	4.20	4.99	4.99
#FFFFFF	4.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.99	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E828E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E768F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7B7B7B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.4% 0.094 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#12898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12898e;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 77.5,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57401,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.19973
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12898E

secondary

#C23F3A

accent

#3C34F4

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #12898E

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

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