#146B8A#146B8A

#146B8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.125; OKLCH L 49.4% C 0.090 H 228.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146B8A
RGB	rgb(20, 107, 138)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 22.5%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.00, -12.91, -23.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.00, 27.21, 241.68°)
OKLab	oklab(49.44% -0.0603 -0.0674)
OKLCH	oklch(49.44% 0.09 228.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.1317, 12.4978, 25.9181)
Luminance	0.1250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146B8A #8A3314

analogous

#148A6E #146B8A #14308A

triadic

#146B8A #8A146B #6B8A14

tetradic

#146B8A #6E148A #8A3314 #308A14

square

#146B8A #6E148A #8A3314 #308A14

split-complementary

#146B8A #8A1430 #8A6E14

monochromatic

#05181F #0C4255 #146B8A #1C94BF #36B5E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

6.00

#146B8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.50

#146B8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146B8A

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146B8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146B8A	1.00	6.00	3.50	6.00
#FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.50	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	6.00	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B698C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5E8A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007475

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146b8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 107, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.4% 0.090 228.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995ac',
    500: '#146b8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146b8a;
$custom-light: #6995ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146b8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.763,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49443,
    "c": 0.09043,
    "h": 228.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.12499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146B8A

secondary

#BE5E3C

accent

#6836F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146B8A

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

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