#147B8B#147B8B

#147B8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.162; OKLCH L 53.6% C 0.089 H 211.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#147B8B
RGB	rgb(20, 123, 139)
HSL	hsl(188, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(188, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 11.5%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.21, -21.40, -16.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.21, 27.04, 217.69°)
OKLab	oklab(53.65% -0.0757 -0.0461)
OKLCH	oklch(53.65% 0.089 211.4)
XYZ	xyz(12.0296, 16.1772, 26.9096)
Luminance	0.1618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#147B8B #8B2414

analogous

#148B5F #147B8B #143F8B

triadic

#147B8B #8B147B #7B8B14

tetradic

#147B8B #5F148B #8B2414 #3F8B14

square

#147B8B #5F148B #8B2414 #3F8B14

split-complementary

#147B8B #8B143F #8B5F14

monochromatic

#051C20 #0C4C55 #147B8B #1CAAC1 #37CBE2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.96

#147B8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.24

#147B8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #147B8B

4.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##147B8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##147B8B	1.00	4.96	4.24	4.96
#FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.24	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.96	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6E768C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#5F6B8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008280

Achromatopsia (no color)

#707070

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #147b8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 123, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(53.6% 0.089 211.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba1ac',
    500: '#147b8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #147b8b;
$custom-light: #6ba1ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#147b8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 123,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.067,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.53647,
    "c": 0.08867,
    "h": 211.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16179
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#147B8B

secondary

#BF4D3C

accent

#4F36F1

background

#F7F9FA

surface

#EDF2F4

border

#C8CCCE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #147B8B

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

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