#148C9F#148C9F

#148C9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.9% C 0.099 H 212.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148C9F
RGB	rgb(20, 140, 159)
HSL	hsl(188, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(188, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.4%, 11.9%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.39, -23.47, -18.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.39, 30.05, 218.64°)
OKLab	oklab(58.9% -0.0838 -0.0524)
OKLCH	oklch(58.9% 0.099 212)
XYZ	xyz(15.9218, 21.4060, 36.0868)
Luminance	0.2141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148C9F #9F2714

analogous

#149F6C #148C9F #14479F

triadic

#148C9F #9F148C #8C9F14

tetradic

#148C9F #6C149F #9F2714 #479F14

square

#148C9F #6C149F #9F2714 #479F14

split-complementary

#148C9F #9F1447 #9F6C14

monochromatic

#062C32 #0D5C69 #148C9F #1BBCD5 #46D2E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#148C9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#148C9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148C9F

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148C9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148C9F	1.00	3.98	5.28	5.28
#FFFFFF	3.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7D87A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6C7A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009492

Achromatopsia (no color)

#808080

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148c9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 140, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.9% 0.099 212.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70aebb',
    500: '#148c9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148c9f;
$custom-light: #70aebb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148c9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 188.201,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58895,
    "c": 0.09882,
    "h": 212
  },
  "luminance": 0.21408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148C9F

secondary

#C85846

accent

#4E34F4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #148C9F

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

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