#138D8E#138D8E

#138D8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.5% C 0.096 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138D8E
RGB	rgb(19, 141, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0.7%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.10, -29.62, -9.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.10, 31.07, 197.57°)
OKLab	oklab(58.46% -0.0926 -0.0261)
OKLCH	oklch(58.46% 0.096 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.6736, 21.1393, 28.8929)
Luminance	0.2114 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138D8E #8E1413

analogous

#138E52 #138D8E #13508E

triadic

#138D8E #8E138D #8D8E13

tetradic

#138D8E #52138E #8E1413 #508E13

square

#138D8E #52138E #8E1413 #508E13

split-complementary

#138D8E #8E1350 #8E5213

monochromatic

#052222 #0C5758 #138D8E #1AC3C4 #37E3E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#138D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.23

#138D8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138D8E

5.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138D8E	1.00	4.02	5.23	5.23
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 141, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.5% 0.096 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafaf',
    500: '#138d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138d8e;
$custom-light: #6dafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.488,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58459,
    "c": 0.09617,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138D8E

secondary

#C23C3B

accent

#3635F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138D8E

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

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