#148A8D#148A8D

#148A8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.094 H 197.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148A8D
RGB	rgb(20, 138, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 2.1%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.12, -28.40, -10.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.12, 30.20, 199.90°)
OKLab	oklab(57.65% -0.0898 -0.0286)
OKLCH	oklch(57.65% 0.094 197.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.1825, 20.2469, 28.3547)
Luminance	0.2025 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148A8D #8D1714

analogous

#148D54 #148A8D #144E8D

triadic

#148A8D #8D148A #8A8D14

tetradic

#148A8D #54148D #8D1714 #4E8D14

square

#148A8D #54148D #8D1714 #4E8D14

split-complementary

#148A8D #8D144E #8D5414

monochromatic

#052122 #0C5657 #148A8D #1CBEC3 #39DFE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.16

#148A8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.05

#148A8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148A8D

5.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148A8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148A8D	1.00	4.16	5.05	5.05
#FFFFFF	4.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70778E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148a8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 138, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.094 197.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacae',
    500: '#148a8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148a8d;
$custom-light: #6dacae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148a8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57649,
    "c": 0.09425,
    "h": 197.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20249
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148A8D

secondary

#C13F3C

accent

#3B36F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148A8D

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

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