#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
RGBrgb(19, 138, 142)
HSLhsl(182, 76%, 32%)
HSVhsv(182, 87%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(86.6%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.14, -28.15, -10.83)
CIE-LCHlch(52.14, 30.16, 201.03°)
OKLaboklab(57.68% -0.0896 -0.0301)
OKLCHoklch(57.68% 0.095 198.6)
XYZxyz(14.2373, 20.2666, 28.7474)
Luminance0.2027 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

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
##138A8E1.004.165.055.05
#FFFFFF4.161.0021.0021.00
#0000005.0521.001.001.00
##0000005.0521.001.001.00

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

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#138A8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva