#148A8C#148A8C

#148A8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148A8C
RGB	rgb(20, 138, 140)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 1.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.08, -28.72, -9.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.08, 30.33, 198.75°)
OKLab	oklab(57.61% -0.0903 -0.0271)
OKLCH	oklch(57.61% 0.094 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1084, 20.2173, 27.9646)
Luminance	0.2022 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148A8C #8C1614

analogous

#148C52 #148A8C #144E8C

triadic

#148A8C #8C148A #8A8C14

tetradic

#148A8C #52148C #8C1614 #4E8C14

square

#148A8C #52148C #8C1614 #4E8C14

split-complementary

#148A8C #8C144E #8C5214

monochromatic

#052021 #0C5556 #148A8C #1CBFC2 #38E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#148A8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.04

#148A8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148A8C

5.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148A8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148A8C	1.00	4.16	5.04	5.04
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#80838C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148a8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 138, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacad',
    500: '#148a8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148a8c;
$custom-light: #6dacad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148a8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57611,
    "c": 0.09426,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148A8C

secondary

#C03E3C

accent

#3936F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148A8C

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

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