#138C8E#138C8E

#138C8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.208; OKLCH L 58.2% C 0.096 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#138C8E
RGBrgb(19, 140, 142)
HSLhsl(181, 76%, 32%)
HSVhsv(181, 87%, 56%)
CMYKcmyk(86.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LABlab(52.78, -29.14, -9.86)
CIE-LCHlch(52.78, 30.76, 198.70°)
OKLaboklab(58.2% -0.0916 -0.0274)
OKLCHoklch(58.2% 0.096 196.7)
XYZxyz(14.5268, 20.8457, 28.8439)
Luminance0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturecool
Familyteal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#138C8E #8E1513
analogous
#138E53 #138C8E #134F8E
triadic
#138C8E #8E138C #8C8E13
tetradic
#138C8E #53138E #8E1513 #4F8E13
square
#138C8E #53138E #8E1513 #4F8E13
split-complementary
#138C8E #8E134F #8E5313
monochromatic
#052222 #0C5758 #138C8E #1AC1C4 #37E1E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.06
#138C8E on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.17
#138C8E on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138C8E
5.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##138C8E#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##138C8E1.004.065.175.17
#FFFFFF4.061.0021.0021.00
#0000005.1721.001.001.00
##0000005.1721.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#82858E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#71798F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#00918C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#7E7E7E

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #138c8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 140, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.2% 0.096 196.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6daeaf',
    500: '#138c8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #138c8e;
$custom-light: #6daeaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#138c8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.976,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58198,
    "c": 0.0956,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20848
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#138C8E
secondary
#C23D3B
accent
#3835F3
background
#F7FAFA
surface
#EDF4F4
border
#C8CECE
text
#081010
muted
#7B7F7F

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#138C8E Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva