#14838B#14838B

#14838B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.182; OKLCH L 55.7% C 0.091 H 202.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#14838B
RGB	rgb(20, 131, 139)
HSL	hsl(184, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(184, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.6%, 5.8%, 0%, 45.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(49.79, -25.55, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(49.79, 28.49, 206.27°)
OKLab	oklab(55.74% -0.0837 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(55.74% 0.091 202.7)
XYZ	xyz(13.0629, 18.2437, 27.2540)
Luminance	0.1825 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#14838B #8B1C14

analogous

#148B57 #14838B #14478B

triadic

#14838B #8B1483 #838B14

tetradic

#14838B #57148B #8B1C14 #478B14

square

#14838B #57148B #8B1C14 #478B14

split-complementary

#14838B #8B1447 #8B5714

monochromatic

#051E20 #0C5155 #14838B #1CB5C1 #37D7E2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.52

#14838B on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.65

#14838B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #14838B

4.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##14838B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##14838B	1.00	4.52	4.65	4.65
#FFFFFF	4.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#68728B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008985

Achromatopsia (no color)

#767676

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #14838b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 131, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.7% 0.091 202.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca7ac',
    500: '#14838b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #14838b;
$custom-light: #6ca7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#14838b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.034,
    "s": 74.843,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55739,
    "c": 0.09079,
    "h": 202.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.18245
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#14838B

secondary

#BF453C

accent

#4336F1

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #14838B

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

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