#146B8E#146B8E

#146B8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.126; OKLCH L 49.6% C 0.094 H 231.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146B8E
RGB	rgb(20, 107, 142)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 24.6%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.18, -11.42, -26.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.18, 28.46, 246.35°)
OKLab	oklab(49.65% -0.0587 -0.0735)
OKLCH	oklch(49.65% 0.094 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(10.4267, 12.6158, 27.4715)
Luminance	0.1262 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146B8E #8E3714

analogous

#148E74 #146B8E #142E8E

triadic

#146B8E #8E146B #6B8E14

tetradic

#146B8E #74148E #8E3714 #2E8E14

square

#146B8E #74148E #8E3714 #2E8E14

split-complementary

#146B8E #8E142E #8E7414

monochromatic

#051A23 #0C4358 #146B8E #1C93C4 #39B2E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.96

#146B8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.52

#146B8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146B8E

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146B8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146B8E	1.00	5.96	3.52	5.96
#FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.52	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#596A90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#495F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007477

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146b8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 107, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.6% 0.094 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6995af',
    500: '#146b8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146b8e;
$custom-light: #6995af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146b8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 107,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 197.213,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49648,
    "c": 0.0941,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.12617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146B8E

secondary

#C2623C

accent

#6C36F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146B8E

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

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