#148A8E#148A8E

#148A8E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 57.7% C 0.094 H 198.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148A8E
RGB	rgb(20, 138, 142)
HSL	hsl(182, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(182, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 2.8%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.15, -28.08, -10.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.15, 30.09, 201.05°)
OKLab	oklab(57.69% -0.0893 -0.0301)
OKLCH	oklch(57.69% 0.094 198.6)
XYZ	xyz(14.2572, 20.2768, 28.7483)
Luminance	0.2028 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148A8E #8E1814

analogous

#148E55 #148A8E #144D8E

triadic

#148A8E #8E148A #8A8E14

tetradic

#148A8E #55148E #8E1814 #4D8E14

square

#148A8E #55148E #8E1814 #4D8E14

split-complementary

#148A8E #8E144D #8E5514

monochromatic

#052223 #0C5658 #148A8E #1CBEC4 #39DEE3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.15

#148A8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.06

#148A8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148A8E

5.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148A8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148A8E	1.00	4.15	5.06	5.06
#FFFFFF	4.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7F838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008F8B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148a8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 138, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.7% 0.094 198.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dacaf',
    500: '#148a8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148a8e;
$custom-light: #6dacaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148a8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.967,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57688,
    "c": 0.09427,
    "h": 198.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.20279
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148A8E

secondary

#C2403C

accent

#3C36F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148A8E

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

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