#146D8E#146D8E

#146D8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.130; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.093 H 229.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146D8E
RGB	rgb(20, 109, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 23.2%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.82, -12.58, -25.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.82, 28.05, 243.36°)
OKLab	oklab(50.16% -0.0607 -0.0706)
OKLCH	oklch(50.16% 0.093 229.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.6376, 13.0376, 27.5418)
Luminance	0.1304 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146D8E #8E3514

analogous

#148E72 #146D8E #14308E

triadic

#146D8E #8E146D #6D8E14

tetradic

#146D8E #72148E #8E3514 #308E14

square

#146D8E #72148E #8E3514 #308E14

split-complementary

#146D8E #8E1430 #8E7214

monochromatic

#051B23 #0C4458 #146D8E #1C96C4 #39B5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.82

#146D8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#146D8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146D8E

5.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146D8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146D8E	1.00	5.82	3.61	5.82
#FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.82	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5C6B90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146d8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 109, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.093 229.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96af',
    500: '#146d8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146d8e;
$custom-light: #6a96af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146d8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.23,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50161,
    "c": 0.0931,
    "h": 229.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146D8E

secondary

#C2603C

accent

#6936F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146D8E

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

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