#148F9F#148F9F

#148F9F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.223; OKLCH L 59.7% C 0.099 H 209.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.46:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#148F9F
RGB	rgb(20, 143, 159)
HSL	hsl(187, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(187, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.4%, 10.1%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(54.34, -25.01, -17.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(54.34, 30.43, 214.70°)
OKLab	oklab(59.66% -0.0867 -0.0483)
OKLCH	oklch(59.66% 0.099 209.1)
XYZ	xyz(16.3662, 22.2947, 36.2349)
Luminance	0.2230 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#148F9F #9F2414

analogous

#149F69 #148F9F #144A9F

triadic

#148F9F #9F148F #8F9F14

tetradic

#148F9F #69149F #9F2414 #4A9F14

square

#148F9F #69149F #9F2414 #4A9F14

split-complementary

#148F9F #9F144A #9F6914

monochromatic

#062D32 #0D5E69 #148F9F #1BC0D5 #46D5E8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.85

#148F9F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.46

#148F9F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #148F9F

5.46:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##148F9F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##148F9F	1.00	3.85	5.46	5.46
#FFFFFF	3.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.46	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8189A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F7C9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009694

Achromatopsia (no color)

#828282

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #148f9f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 143, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.7% 0.099 209.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b0bb',
    500: '#148f9f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #148f9f;
$custom-light: #70b0bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#148f9f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 186.906,
    "s": 77.654,
    "l": 35.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59661,
    "c": 0.09923,
    "h": 209.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.22297
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#148F9F

secondary

#C85546

accent

#4A34F4

background

#F7FAFB

surface

#EDF4F6

border

#C8CED0

text

#091011

muted

#7B7F80

Preview Lab

Preview with #148F9F

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

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