#138A8E#138A8E

#138A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.095 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138A8E
RGB	rgb(19, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.14, -28.15, -10.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.14, 30.16, 201.03°)
OKLab	oklab(57.68% -0.0896 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(57.68% 0.095 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2373, 20.2666, 28.7474)
Luminance	0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138A8E #8E1713

analogous

#138E55 #138A8E #134D8E

triadic

#138A8E #8E138A #8A8E13

tetradic

#138A8E #55138E #8E1713 #4D8E13

square

#138A8E #55138E #8E1713 #4D8E13

split-complementary

#138A8E #8E134D #8E5513

monochromatic

#052122 #0C5658 #138A8E #1ABEC4 #37DFE4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#138A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#138A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138A8E

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138A8E	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.095 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#138a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138a8e;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57675,
    "c": 0.09451,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138A8E

secondary

#C23F3B

accent

#3B35F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138A8E

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

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