#146D81#146D81

#146D81 is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.127; OKLCH L 49.5% C 0.083 H 217.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.94:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146D81
RGB	rgb(20, 109, 129)
HSL	hsl(191, 73%, 29%)
HSV	hsv(191, 84%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(84.5%, 15.5%, 0%, 49.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.26, -17.32, -18.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.26, 25.08, 226.31°)
OKLab	oklab(49.53% -0.0659 -0.0507)
OKLCH	oklch(49.53% 0.083 217.6)
XYZ	xyz(9.7179, 12.6698, 22.6979)
Luminance	0.1267 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146D81 #812814

analogous

#14815F #146D81 #143781

triadic

#146D81 #81146D #6D8114

tetradic

#146D81 #5F1481 #812814 #378114

square

#146D81 #5F1481 #812814 #378114

split-complementary

#146D81 #811437 #815F14

monochromatic

#04161A #0C404C #146D81 #1C9AB6 #30BFDF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.94

#146D81 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.53

#146D81 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146D81

5.94:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146D81	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146D81	1.00	5.94	3.53	5.94
#FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.53	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.94	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#606A82

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#525F81

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007473

Achromatopsia (no color)

#646464

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146d81;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 109, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(49.5% 0.083 217.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6797a5',
    500: '#146d81',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146d81;
$custom-light: #6797a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146d81",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 191.009,
    "s": 73.154,
    "l": 29.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.49528,
    "c": 0.0832,
    "h": 217.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.12671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146D81

secondary

#B6513B

accent

#5A38F0

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146D81

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

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