#148E9F#148E9F

#148E9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.220; OKLCH L 59.4% C 0.099 H 210.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148E9F
RGB	rgb(20, 142, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.4%, 10.7%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.02, -24.50, -17.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.02, 30.29, 216.00°)
OKLab	oklab(59.4% -0.0857 -0.0497)
OKLCH	oklch(59.4% 0.099 210.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.2167, 21.9958, 36.1851)
Luminance	0.2200 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148E9F #9F2514

analogous

#149F6A #148E9F #14499F

triadic

#148E9F #9F148E #8E9F14

tetradic

#148E9F #6A149F #9F2514 #499F14

square

#148E9F #6A149F #9F2514 #499F14

split-complementary

#148E9F #9F1449 #9F6A14

monochromatic

#062D32 #0D5D69 #148E9F #1BBFD5 #46D4E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.89

#148E9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.40

#148E9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148E9F

5.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148E9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148E9F	1.00	3.89	5.40	5.40
#FFFFFF	3.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8088A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6E7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009593

Achromatopsia (no color)

#818181

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148e9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 142, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.4% 0.099 210.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70afbb',
    500: '#148e9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148e9f;
$custom-light: #70afbb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148e9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 187.338,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59405,
    "c": 0.09906,
    "h": 210.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.21998
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148E9F

secondary

#C85646

accent

#4B34F4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #148E9F

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

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