#146F8E#146F8E

#146F8E is a mid, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.135; OKLCH L 50.7% C 0.092 H 227.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#146F8E
RGB	rgb(20, 111, 142)
HSL	hsl(195, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(195, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 21.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(43.46, -13.73, -24.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(43.46, 27.71, 240.31°)
OKLab	oklab(50.68% -0.0626 -0.0677)
OKLCH	oklch(50.68% 0.092 227.2)
XYZ	xyz(10.8534, 13.4692, 27.6137)
Luminance	0.1347 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#146F8E #8E3314

analogous

#148E70 #146F8E #14328E

triadic

#146F8E #8E146F #6F8E14

tetradic

#146F8E #70148E #8E3314 #328E14

square

#146F8E #70148E #8E3314 #328E14

split-complementary

#146F8E #8E1432 #8E7014

monochromatic

#051B23 #0C4558 #146F8E #1C99C4 #39B8E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.68

#146F8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

3.69

#146F8E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #146F8E

5.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##146F8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##146F8E	1.00	5.68	3.69	5.68
#FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	3.69	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#5E6D90

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#4F628E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007879

Achromatopsia (no color)

#676767

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #146f8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 111, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(50.7% 0.092 227.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6a98af',
    500: '#146f8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #146f8e;
$custom-light: #6a98af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#146f8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 111,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 195.246,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.50675,
    "c": 0.09224,
    "h": 227.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.13471
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#146F8E

secondary

#C25E3C

accent

#6636F2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F4

border

#C7CCCE

text

#080D10

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #146F8E

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

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