#138E9F#138E9F

#138E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.099 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#138E9F
RGB	rgb(19, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 79%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 88%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.1%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.01, -24.57, -17.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.01, 30.35, 215.96°)
OKLab	oklab(59.39% -0.0859 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.39% 0.099 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.1968, 21.9855, 36.1841)
Luminance	0.2199 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#138E9F #9F2413

analogous

#139F6A #138E9F #13489F

triadic

#138E9F #9F138E #8E9F13

tetradic

#138E9F #6A139F #9F2413 #489F13

square

#138E9F #6A139F #9F2413 #489F13

split-complementary

#138E9F #9F1348 #9F6A13

monochromatic

#062C32 #0C5D68 #138E9F #1ABFD6 #44D5E9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#138E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#138E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #138E9F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##138E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##138E9F	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8088A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #138e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(19, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.099 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afbb',
    500: '#138e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #138e9f;
$custom-light: #70afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#138e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 19,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.286,
    "s": 78.652,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59393,
    "c": 0.09929,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21988
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#138E9F

secondary

#C95545

accent

#4A33F5

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #138E9F

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

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