#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
RGB	rgb(19, 139, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.46, -28.65, -10.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.46, 30.46, 199.85°)
OKLab	oklab(57.94% -0.0906 -0.0288)
OKLCH	oklch(57.94% 0.095 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.3814, 20.5548, 28.7954)
Luminance	0.2056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##138B8E	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview with #138B8E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →