#146E8E#146E8E

#146E8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.4% C 0.093 H 228.3°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146E8E
RGB	rgb(20, 110, 142)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 22.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.14, -13.15, -24.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.14, 27.87, 241.84°)
OKLab	oklab(50.42% -0.0616 -0.0692)
OKLCH	oklch(50.42% 0.093 228.3)
XYZ	xyz(10.7449, 13.2522, 27.5776)
Luminance	0.1325 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146E8E #8E3414

analogous

#148E71 #146E8E #14318E

triadic

#146E8E #8E146E #6E8E14

tetradic

#146E8E #71148E #8E3414 #318E14

square

#146E8E #71148E #8E3414 #318E14

split-complementary

#146E8E #8E1431 #8E7114

monochromatic

#051B23 #0C4458 #146E8E #1C98C4 #39B7E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.75

#146E8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.65

#146E8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146E8E

5.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146E8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146E8E	1.00	5.75	3.65	5.75
#FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.65	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.75	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146e8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 110, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.4% 0.093 228.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97af',
    500: '#146e8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146e8e;
$custom-light: #6a97af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146e8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.738,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50418,
    "c": 0.09265,
    "h": 228.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.13254
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146E8E

secondary

#C25F3C

accent

#6736F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146E8E

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

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