#146B8D#146B8D

#146B8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.093 H 230.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146B8D
RGB	rgb(20, 107, 141)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 24.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.13, -11.79, -25.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.13, 28.13, 245.22°)
OKLab	oklab(49.6% -0.0591 -0.072)
OKLCH	oklch(49.6% 0.093 230.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.3519, 12.5859, 27.0779)
Luminance	0.1259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146B8D #8D3614

analogous

#148D73 #146B8D #142E8D

triadic

#146B8D #8D146B #6B8D14

tetradic

#146B8D #73148D #8D3614 #2E8D14

square

#146B8D #73148D #8D3614 #2E8D14

split-complementary

#146B8D #8D142E #8D7314

monochromatic

#051A22 #0C4257 #146B8D #1C94C3 #39B3E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.97

#146B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#146B8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146B8D

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146B8D	1.00	5.97	3.52	5.97
#FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.97	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5A6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4A5F8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007476

Achromatopsia (no color)

#636363

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 107, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.093 230.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995ae',
    500: '#146b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146b8d;
$custom-light: #6995ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.86,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49596,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 230.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146B8D

secondary

#C1613C

accent

#6B36F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146B8D

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

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