#138E8E#138E8E

#138E8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138E8E
RGB	rgb(19, 142, 142)
HSL	hsl(180, 76%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86.6%, 0%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.42, -30.11, -8.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.42, 31.40, 196.47°)
OKLab	oklab(58.72% -0.0936 -0.0248)
OKLCH	oklch(58.72% 0.097 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.8217, 21.4355, 28.9422)
Luminance	0.2144 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138E8E #8E1313

analogous

#138E51 #138E8E #13518E

triadic

#138E8E #8E138E #8E8E13

tetradic

#138E8E #51138E #8E1313 #518E13

square

#138E8E #51138E #8E1313 #518E13

split-complementary

#138E8E #8E1351 #8E5113

monochromatic

#052222 #0C5858 #138E8E #1AC4C4 #37E4E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.97

#138E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.29

#138E8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138E8E

5.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138E8E	1.00	3.97	5.29	5.29
#FFFFFF	3.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#84868E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747B8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 142, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6eafaf',
    500: '#138e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138e8e;
$custom-light: #6eafaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 76.398,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5872,
    "c": 0.09679,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.21437
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138E8E

secondary

#C23B3B

accent

#3535F3

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #138E8E

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

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