#138E8C#138E8C

#138E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.097 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138E8C
RGB	rgb(19, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.36, -30.74, -7.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.36, 31.72, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.65% -0.0945 -0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(58.65% 0.097 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6729, 21.3760, 28.1585)
Luminance	0.2138 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138E8C #8E1315

analogous

#138E4F #138E8C #13538E

triadic

#138E8C #8C138E #8E8C13

tetradic

#138E8C #4F138E #8E1315 #538E13

square

#138E8C #4F138E #8E1315 #538E13

split-complementary

#138E8C #8E1353 #8E4F13

monochromatic

#052222 #0C5857 #138E8C #1AC4C1 #37E4E1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#138E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#138E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138E8C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138E8C	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.097 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafad',
    500: '#138e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138e8c;
$custom-light: #6dafad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.024,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58647,
    "c": 0.09699,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21378
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138E8C

secondary

#C23B3D

accent

#3538F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138E8C

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

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