#148D8B#148D8B

#148D8B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.211; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.096 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148D8B
RGB	rgb(20, 141, 139)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.8%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.02, -30.49, -7.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.02, 31.47, 194.30°)
OKLab	oklab(58.36% -0.0937 -0.0217)
OKLCH	oklch(58.36% 0.096 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.4714, 21.0607, 27.7235)
Luminance	0.2106 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148D8B #8D1416

analogous

#148D4F #148D8B #14538D

triadic

#148D8B #8B148D #8D8B14

tetradic

#148D8B #4F148D #8D1416 #538D14

square

#148D8B #4F148D #8D1416 #538D14

split-complementary

#148D8B #8D1453 #8D4F14

monochromatic

#052221 #0C5756 #148D8B #1CC3C0 #39E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.03

#148D8B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.21

#148D8B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148D8B

5.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148D8B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148D8B	1.00	4.03	5.21	5.21
#FFFFFF	4.03	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#83858B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#737A8C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148d8b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 141, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.096 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafac',
    500: '#148d8b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148d8b;
$custom-light: #6dafac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148d8b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.008,
    "s": 75.155,
    "l": 31.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5836,
    "c": 0.09621,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21063
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148D8B

secondary

#C13C3E

accent

#3639F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148D8B

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

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