#145B59#145B59

#145B59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.084; OKLCH L 42.9% C 0.067 H 192.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#145B59
RGB	rgb(20, 91, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 0%, 2.2%, 64.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(34.70, -21.34, -5.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(34.70, 21.93, 193.25°)
OKLab	oklab(42.92% -0.0653 -0.014)
OKLCH	oklch(42.92% 0.067 192.1)
XYZ	xyz(5.8319, 8.3515, 10.7539)
Luminance	0.0835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#145B59 #5B1416

analogous

#145B36 #145B59 #143A5B

triadic

#145B59 #59145B #5B5914

tetradic

#145B59 #36145B #5B1416 #3A5B14

square

#145B59 #36145B #5B1416 #3A5B14

split-complementary

#145B59 #5B143A #5B3614

monochromatic

#061919 #092928 #145B59 #1F8D8A #2ABFBB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.86

#145B59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.67

#145B59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #145B59

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##145B59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##145B59	1.00	7.86	2.67	7.86
#FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.67	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.86	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#555659

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B4E5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005E5A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #145b59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 91, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(42.9% 0.067 192.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a87',
    500: '#145b59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #145b59;
$custom-light: #5f8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#145b59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 91,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.31,
    "s": 63.964,
    "l": 21.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.42916,
    "c": 0.06675,
    "h": 192.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.08352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#145B59

secondary

#93383B

accent

#4146E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050B0B

muted

#7A7C7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #145B59

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

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