#138E8D#138E8D

#138E8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 193.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138E8D
RGB	rgb(19, 142, 141)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 0.7%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -30.42, -8.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 31.55, 195.38°)
OKLab	oklab(58.68% -0.094 -0.0233)
OKLCH	oklch(58.68% 0.097 193.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.7470, 21.4056, 28.5486)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138E8D #8E1314

analogous

#138E50 #138E8D #13528E

triadic

#138E8D #8D138E #8E8D13

tetradic

#138E8D #50138E #8E1314 #528E13

square

#138E8D #50138E #8E1314 #528E13

split-complementary

#138E8D #8E1352 #8E5013

monochromatic

#052222 #0C5857 #138E8D #1AC4C3 #37E4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#138E8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#138E8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138E8D

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138E8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138E8D	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)

#84868D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138e8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 142, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 193.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafae',
    500: '#138e8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138e8d;
$custom-light: #6dafae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138e8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.512,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58683,
    "c": 0.09687,
    "h": 193.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138E8D

secondary

#C23B3C

accent

#3536F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138E8D

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

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