#146C8D#146C8D

#146C8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.128; OKLCH L 49.9% C 0.093 H 229.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146C8D
RGB	rgb(20, 108, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 23.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.45, -12.37, -25.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.45, 27.93, 243.71°)
OKLab	oklab(49.85% -0.0601 -0.0705)
OKLCH	oklch(49.85% 0.093 229.6)
XYZ	xyz(10.4568, 12.7956, 27.1128)
Luminance	0.1280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146C8D #8D3514

analogous

#148D72 #146C8D #142F8D

triadic

#146C8D #8D146C #6C8D14

tetradic

#146C8D #72148D #8D3514 #2F8D14

square

#146C8D #72148D #8D3514 #2F8D14

split-complementary

#146C8D #8D142F #8D7214

monochromatic

#051A22 #0C4357 #146C8D #1C95C3 #39B4E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.90

#146C8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.56

#146C8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146C8D

5.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146C8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146C8D	1.00	5.90	3.56	5.90
#FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.56	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.90	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6A8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4B5F8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007577

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146c8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 108, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.9% 0.093 229.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996ae',
    500: '#146c8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146c8d;
$custom-light: #6996ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146c8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 108,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49853,
    "c": 0.09267,
    "h": 229.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12797
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146C8D

secondary

#C1603C

accent

#6936F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF1F4

border

#C7CBCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146C8D

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

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