#138A8F#138A8F

#138A8F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.095 H 199.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138A8F
RGB	rgb(19, 138, 143)
HSL	hsl(182, 77%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.7%, 3.5%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.17, -27.83, -11.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.17, 30.06, 202.20°)
OKLab	oklab(57.71% -0.0891 -0.0316)
OKLCH	oklch(57.71% 0.095 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(14.3127, 20.2967, 29.1446)
Luminance	0.2030 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138A8F #8F1813

analogous

#138F56 #138A8F #134C8F

triadic

#138A8F #8F138A #8A8F13

tetradic

#138A8F #56138F #8F1813 #4C8F13

square

#138A8F #56138F #8F1813 #4C8F13

split-complementary

#138A8F #8F134C #8F5613

monochromatic

#052223 #0C5659 #138A8F #1ABEC5 #38DEE5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#138A8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#138A8F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138A8F

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138A8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138A8F	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7790

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138a8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 138, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.095 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#138a8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138a8f;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138a8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 76.543,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57714,
    "c": 0.09455,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.20299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138A8F

secondary

#C3403B

accent

#3C35F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138A8F

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

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