#148E8C#148E8C

#148E8C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.214; OKLCH L 58.7% C 0.097 H 193.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148E8C
RGB	rgb(20, 142, 140)
HSL	hsl(179, 75%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(179, 86%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(85.9%, 0%, 1.4%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(53.37, -30.66, -7.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(53.37, 31.64, 194.31°)
OKLab	oklab(58.66% -0.0943 -0.0218)
OKLCH	oklch(58.66% 0.097 193)
XYZ	xyz(14.6929, 21.3863, 28.1594)
Luminance	0.2139 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148E8C #8E1416

analogous

#148E4F #148E8C #14538E

triadic

#148E8C #8C148E #8E8C14

tetradic

#148E8C #4F148E #8E1416 #538E14

square

#148E8C #4F148E #8E1416 #538E14

split-complementary

#148E8C #8E1453 #8E4F14

monochromatic

#052322 #0C5857 #148E8C #1CC4C1 #39E3E0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.98

#148E8C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.28

#148E8C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148E8C

5.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148E8C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148E8C	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)

#84868C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#747A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00938D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7F7F7F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148e8c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 142, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.7% 0.097 193.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6dafad',
    500: '#148e8c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148e8c;
$custom-light: #6dafad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148e8c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.016,
    "s": 75.309,
    "l": 31.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.58659,
    "c": 0.09675,
    "h": 193
  },
  "luminance": 0.21388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148E8C

secondary

#C23C3E

accent

#3639F2

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#081010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #148E8C

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

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