#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
RGB	rgb(19, 140, 142)
HSL	hsl(181, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.78, -29.14, -9.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.78, 30.76, 198.70°)
OKLab	oklab(58.2% -0.0916 -0.0274)
OKLCH	oklch(58.2% 0.096 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.5268, 20.8457, 28.8439)
Luminance	0.2085 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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
##138C8E	1.00	4.06	5.17	5.17
#FFFFFF	4.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

Preview Lab

Preview with #138C8E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →