#138A9A#138A9A

#138A9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.097 H 209.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#138A9A
RGBrgb(19, 138, 154)
HSLhsl(187, 78%, 34%)
HSVhsv(187, 88%, 60%)
CMYKcmyk(87.7%, 10.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LABlab(52.56, -24.20, -17.15)
CIE-LCHlch(52.56, 29.66, 215.32°)
OKLaboklab(58.16% -0.0842 -0.0478)
OKLCHoklch(58.16% 0.097 209.6)
XYZxyz(15.1872, 20.6465, 33.7503)
Luminance0.2065 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#138A9A #9A2313
analogous
#139A67 #138A9A #13479A
triadic
#138A9A #9A138A #8A9A13
tetradic
#138A9A #67139A #9A2313 #479A13
square
#138A9A #67139A #9A2313 #479A13
split-complementary
#138A9A #9A1347 #9A6713
monochromatic
#06282D #0C5964 #138A9A #1ABBD0 #40D4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.09
#138A9A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.13
#138A9A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138A9A
5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##138A9A#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##138A9A1.004.095.135.13
#FFFFFF4.091.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1321.001.001.00
##0000005.1321.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#7C859B
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#6B789A
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918F
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #138a9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 138, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.097 209.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6facb7',
    500: '#138a9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #138a9a;
$custom-light: #6facb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#138a9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.111,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58158,
    "c": 0.09685,
    "h": 209.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#138A9A
secondary
#C75141
accent
#4A33F5
background
#F7FAFB
surface
#EDF4F6
border
#C8CED0
text
#091011
muted
#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #138A9A

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →

#138A9A Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva