#138D9A#138D9A

#138D9A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.215; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.098 H 206.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138D9A
RGB	rgb(19, 141, 154)
HSL	hsl(186, 78%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(186, 88%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.7%, 8.4%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.51, -25.73, -15.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.51, 30.14, 211.39°)
OKLab	oklab(58.93% -0.0871 -0.0437)
OKLCH	oklch(58.93% 0.098 206.7)
XYZ	xyz(15.6236, 21.5193, 33.8958)
Luminance	0.2152 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138D9A #9A2013

analogous

#139A64 #138D9A #134A9A

triadic

#138D9A #9A138D #8D9A13

tetradic

#138D9A #64139A #9A2013 #4A9A13

square

#138D9A #64139A #9A2013 #4A9A13

split-complementary

#138D9A #9A134A #9A6413

monochromatic

#06292D #0C5B64 #138D9A #1ABFD0 #40D7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.96

#138D9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.30

#138D9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138D9A

5.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138D9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138D9A	1.00	3.96	5.30	5.30
#FFFFFF	3.96	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80879B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009491

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138d9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 141, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.098 206.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6faeb7',
    500: '#138d9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138d9a;
$custom-light: #6faeb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138d9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.778,
    "s": 78.035,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5893,
    "c": 0.0975,
    "h": 206.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.21521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138D9A

secondary

#C74E41

accent

#4633F5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #138D9A

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

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