#146D8D#146D8D

#146D8D is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.1% C 0.092 H 228.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146D8D
RGB	rgb(20, 109, 141)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 22.7%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.77, -12.95, -24.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.77, 27.75, 242.19°)
OKLab	oklab(50.11% -0.061 -0.0691)
OKLCH	oklch(50.11% 0.092 228.5)
XYZ	xyz(10.5629, 13.0077, 27.1482)
Luminance	0.1301 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146D8D #8D3414

analogous

#148D71 #146D8D #14318D

triadic

#146D8D #8D146D #6D8D14

tetradic

#146D8D #71148D #8D3414 #318D14

square

#146D8D #71148D #8D3414 #318D14

split-complementary

#146D8D #8D1431 #8D7114

monochromatic

#051A22 #0C4457 #146D8D #1C96C3 #39B6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.83

#146D8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.60

#146D8D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146D8D

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146D8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146D8D	1.00	5.83	3.60	5.83
#FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.60	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.83	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B8F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D608D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146d8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 109, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.1% 0.092 228.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6996ae',
    500: '#146d8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146d8d;
$custom-light: #6996ae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146d8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.868,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5011,
    "c": 0.09221,
    "h": 228.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.13009
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146D8D

secondary

#C15F3C

accent

#6836F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146D8D

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

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