#145C59#145C59

#145C59 is a dark, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.085; OKLCH L 43.2% C 0.068 H 190.8°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#145C59
RGB	rgb(20, 92, 89)
HSL	hsl(178, 64%, 22%)
HSV	hsv(178, 78%, 36%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 3.3%, 63.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(35.05, -21.87, -4.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(35.05, 22.33, 191.66°)
OKLab	oklab(43.2% -0.0664 -0.0126)
OKLCH	oklch(43.2% 0.068 190.8)
XYZ	xyz(5.9180, 8.5236, 10.7826)
Luminance	0.0852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#145C59 #5C1417

analogous

#145C35 #145C59 #143B5C

triadic

#145C59 #59145C #5C5914

tetradic

#145C59 #35145C #5C1417 #3B5C14

square

#145C59 #35145C #5C1417 #3B5C14

split-complementary

#145C59 #5C143B #5C3514

monochromatic

#051918 #092A28 #145C59 #1F8E8A #2AC1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

7.76

#145C59 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

2.70

#145C59 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #145C59

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##145C59	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##145C59	1.00	7.76	2.70	7.76
#FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	2.70	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	7.76	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#565759

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C4F5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#005F5B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#525252

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #145c59;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 92, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(43.2% 0.068 190.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#5f8a87',
    500: '#145c59',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #145c59;
$custom-light: #5f8a87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#145c59",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.5,
    "s": 64.286,
    "l": 21.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.43198,
    "c": 0.06758,
    "h": 190.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.08524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#145C59

secondary

#94383C

accent

#4147E7

background

#F6F8F8

surface

#EBF0EF

border

#C6CBCA

text

#050C0B

muted

#7A7D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #145C59

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

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