#138B8E#138B8E

#138B8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.206; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#138B8E
RGBrgb(19, 139, 142)
HSLhsl(181, 76%, 32%)
HSVhsv(181, 87%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(86.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.46, -28.65, -10.34)
CIE-LCHlch(52.46, 30.46, 199.85°)
OKLaboklab(57.94% -0.0906 -0.0288)
OKLCHoklch(57.94% 0.095 197.6)
XYZxyz(14.3814, 20.5548, 28.7954)
Luminance0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#138B8E #8E1613
analogous
#138E54 #138B8E #134E8E
triadic
#138B8E #8E138B #8B8E13
tetradic
#138B8E #54138E #8E1613 #4E8E13
square
#138B8E #54138E #8E1613 #4E8E13
split-complementary
#138B8E #8E134E #8E5413
monochromatic
#052122 #0C5658 #138B8E #1AC0C4 #37E0E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11
#138B8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11
#138B8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138B8E
5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##138B8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##138B8E1.004.115.115.11
#FFFFFF4.111.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1121.001.001.00
##0000005.1121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#80848E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#70788F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00908C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #138b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 139, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 197.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadaf',
    500: '#138b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #138b8e;
$custom-light: #6dadaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#138b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.463,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57936,
    "c": 0.09504,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20557
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#138B8E
secondary
#C23E3B
accent
#3935F3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

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#138B8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva