#146E8A#146E8A

#146E8A is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.131; OKLCH L 50.2% C 0.089 H 224.9°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146E8A
RGB	rgb(20, 110, 138)
HSL	hsl(194, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(194, 86%, 54%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.5%, 20.3%, 0%, 45.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(42.96, -14.63, -22.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(42.96, 26.80, 236.92°)
OKLab	oklab(50.22% -0.0632 -0.0631)
OKLCH	oklch(50.22% 0.089 224.9)
XYZ	xyz(10.4499, 13.1342, 26.0242)
Luminance	0.1314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146E8A #8A3014

analogous

#148A6B #146E8A #14338A

triadic

#146E8A #8A146E #6E8A14

tetradic

#146E8A #6B148A #8A3014 #338A14

square

#146E8A #6B148A #8A3014 #338A14

split-complementary

#146E8A #8A1433 #8A6B14

monochromatic

#05191F #0C4355 #146E8A #1C99BF #36B9E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.79

#146E8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.63

#146E8A on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146E8A

5.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146E8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146E8A	1.00	5.79	3.63	5.79
#FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.63	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.79	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6C8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F618A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007677

Achromatopsia (no color)

#656565

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146e8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 110, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.2% 0.089 224.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6997ac',
    500: '#146e8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146e8a;
$custom-light: #6997ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146e8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 194.237,
    "s": 74.684,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50219,
    "c": 0.08931,
    "h": 224.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.13136
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146E8A

secondary

#BE5B3C

accent

#6336F1

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#070D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146E8A

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

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