#146E8F#146E8F

#146E8F is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.133; OKLCH L 50.5% C 0.094 H 229.1°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146E8F
RGB	rgb(20, 110, 143)
HSL	hsl(196, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(196, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(86%, 23.1%, 0%, 43.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.19, -12.78, -25.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.19, 28.17, 243.01°)
OKLab	oklab(50.47% -0.0612 -0.0707)
OKLCH	oklch(50.47% 0.094 229.1)
XYZ	xyz(10.8203, 13.2824, 27.9747)
Luminance	0.1328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146E8F #8F3514

analogous

#148F73 #146E8F #14308F

triadic

#146E8F #8F146E #6E8F14

tetradic

#146E8F #73148F #8F3514 #308F14

square

#146E8F #73148F #8F3514 #308F14

split-complementary

#146E8F #8F1430 #8F7314

monochromatic

#051B24 #0C4559 #146E8F #1C97C5 #3AB6E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.74

#146E8F on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.66

#146E8F on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146E8F

5.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146E8F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146E8F	1.00	5.74	3.66	5.74
#FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.66	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5D6C91

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4D618F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007779

Achromatopsia (no color)

#666666

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146e8f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 110, 143);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.5% 0.094 229.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a97b0',
    500: '#146e8f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146e8f;
$custom-light: #6a97b0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146e8f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 110,
    "b": 143
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.098,
    "s": 75.46,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50469,
    "c": 0.09353,
    "h": 229.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.13284
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146E8F

secondary

#C3603C

accent

#6836F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146E8F

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

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