#146D8F#146D8F

#146D8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.094 H 230.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146D8F
RGB	rgb(20, 109, 143)
HSL	hsl(197, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(197, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 23.8%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.87, -12.21, -25.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.87, 28.36, 244.51°)
OKLab	oklab(50.21% -0.0603 -0.0721)
OKLCH	oklch(50.21% 0.094 230.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.7130, 13.0678, 27.9390)
Luminance	0.1307 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146D8F #8F3614

analogous

#148F73 #146D8F #14308F

triadic

#146D8F #8F146D #6D8F14

tetradic

#146D8F #73148F #8F3614 #308F14

square

#146D8F #73148F #8F3614 #308F14

split-complementary

#146D8F #8F1430 #8F7314

monochromatic

#051B24 #0C4459 #146D8F #1C96C5 #3AB5E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.81

#146D8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.61

#146D8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146D8F

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146D8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146D8F	1.00	5.81	3.61	5.81
#FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.61	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.81	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5B6B91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4C608F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007678

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146d8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 109, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.094 230.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a96b0',
    500: '#146d8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146d8f;
$custom-light: #6a96b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146d8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 109,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.585,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50212,
    "c": 0.09402,
    "h": 230.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13069
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146D8F

secondary

#C3613C

accent

#6A36F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146D8F

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

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