#147F8B#147F8B

#147F8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.172; OKLCH L 54.7% C 0.089 H 207.0°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#147F8B
RGB	rgb(20, 127, 139)
HSL	hsl(186, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(186, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 8.6%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.50, -23.50, -14.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.50, 27.65, 211.80°)
OKLab	oklab(54.69% -0.0797 -0.0406)
OKLCH	oklch(54.69% 0.089 207)
XYZ	xyz(12.5360, 17.1899, 27.0784)
Luminance	0.1719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#147F8B #8B2014

analogous

#148B5B #147F8B #14438B

triadic

#147F8B #8B147F #7F8B14

tetradic

#147F8B #5B148B #8B2014 #438B14

square

#147F8B #5B148B #8B2014 #438B14

split-complementary

#147F8B #8B1443 #8B5B14

monochromatic

#051D20 #0C4E55 #147F8B #1CB0C1 #37D1E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.73

#147F8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.44

#147F8B on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #147F8B

4.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##147F8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##147F8B	1.00	4.73	4.44	4.73
#FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.44	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.73	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#737A8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#646E8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008583

Achromatopsia (no color)

#737373

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #147f8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 127, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(54.7% 0.089 207.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ba4ac',
    500: '#147f8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #147f8b;
$custom-light: #6ba4ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#147f8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 127,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.05,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.54692,
    "c": 0.08945,
    "h": 207
  },
  "luminance": 0.17192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#147F8B

secondary

#BF493C

accent

#4936F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #147F8B

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

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