#148B8C#148B8C

#148B8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 195.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148B8C
RGB	rgb(20, 139, 140)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.7%, 0.7%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.40, -29.21, -9.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.40, 30.64, 197.60°)
OKLab	oklab(57.87% -0.0913 -0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(57.87% 0.095 195.8)
XYZ	xyz(14.2525, 20.5056, 28.0126)
Luminance	0.2051 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148B8C #8C1514

analogous

#148C51 #148B8C #144F8C

triadic

#148B8C #8C148B #8B8C14

tetradic

#148B8C #51148C #8C1514 #4F8C14

square

#148B8C #51148C #8C1514 #4F8C14

split-complementary

#148B8C #8C144F #8C5114

monochromatic

#052121 #0C5656 #148B8C #1CC0C2 #38E1E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.12

#148B8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.10

#148B8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148B8C

5.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148B8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148B8C	1.00	4.12	5.10	5.10
#FFFFFF	4.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148b8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 139, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 195.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadad',
    500: '#148b8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148b8c;
$custom-light: #6dadad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148b8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.5,
    "s": 75,
    "l": 31.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57873,
    "c": 0.09484,
    "h": 195.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.20507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148B8C

secondary

#C03D3C

accent

#3836F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148B8C

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

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