#148B9F#148B9F

#148B9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.6% C 0.099 H 213.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148B9F
RGB	rgb(20, 139, 159)
HSL	hsl(189, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(189, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.4%, 12.6%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.08, -22.95, -19.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.08, 29.96, 219.99°)
OKLab	oklab(58.64% -0.0828 -0.0538)
OKLCH	oklch(58.64% 0.099 213)
XYZ	xyz(15.7764, 21.1151, 36.0383)
Luminance	0.2112 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148B9F #9F2814

analogous

#149F6D #148B9F #14469F

triadic

#148B9F #9F148B #8B9F14

tetradic

#148B9F #6D149F #9F2814 #469F14

square

#148B9F #6D149F #9F2814 #469F14

split-complementary

#148B9F #9F1446 #9F6D14

monochromatic

#062C32 #0D5B69 #148B9F #1BBBD5 #46D0E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.02

#148B9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.22

#148B9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148B9F

5.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148B9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148B9F	1.00	4.02	5.22	5.22
#FFFFFF	4.02	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7C86A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6B799F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009391

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148b9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 139, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.6% 0.099 213.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70adbb',
    500: '#148b9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148b9f;
$custom-light: #70adbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148b9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.633,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5864,
    "c": 0.09874,
    "h": 213
  },
  "luminance": 0.21117
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148B9F

secondary

#C85946

accent

#4F34F4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #148B9F

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

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