#148B8D#148B8D

#148B8D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.205; OKLCH L 57.9% C 0.095 H 196.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148B8D
RGB	rgb(20, 139, 141)
HSL	hsl(181, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(181, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 1.4%, 0%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.44, -28.89, -9.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.44, 30.51, 198.73°)
OKLab	oklab(57.91% -0.0908 -0.0273)
OKLCH	oklch(57.91% 0.095 196.7)
XYZ	xyz(14.3266, 20.5352, 28.4027)
Luminance	0.2054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148B8D #8D1614

analogous

#148D53 #148B8D #144F8D

triadic

#148B8D #8D148B #8B8D14

tetradic

#148B8D #53148D #8D1614 #4F8D14

square

#148B8D #53148D #8D1614 #4F8D14

split-complementary

#148B8D #8D144F #8D5314

monochromatic

#052122 #0C5657 #148B8D #1CC0C3 #39E0E3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.11

#148B8D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.11

#148B8D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148B8D

5.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148B8D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148B8D	1.00	4.11	5.11	5.11
#FFFFFF	4.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#81848D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#71788E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00908B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148b8d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 139, 141);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.9% 0.095 196.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dadae',
    500: '#148b8d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148b8d;
$custom-light: #6dadae;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148b8d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 141
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180.992,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57911,
    "c": 0.09481,
    "h": 196.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20537
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148B8D

secondary

#C13E3C

accent

#3936F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148B8D

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

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