#149B9E#149B9E

#149B9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.261; OKLCH L 62.7% C 0.103 H 197.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#149B9E
RGB	rgb(20, 155, 158)
HSL	hsl(181, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(181, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.09, -31.28, -11.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.09, 33.19, 199.50°)
OKLab	oklab(62.69% -0.0987 -0.0308)
OKLCH	oklch(62.69% 0.103 197.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1785, 26.0577, 36.4126)
Luminance	0.2606 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#149B9E #9E1714

analogous

#149E5C #149B9E #14569E

triadic

#149B9E #9E149B #9B9E14

tetradic

#149B9E #5C149E #9E1714 #569E14

square

#149B9E #5C149E #9E1714 #569E14

split-complementary

#149B9E #9E1456 #9E5C14

monochromatic

#063031 #0D6668 #149B9E #1BD0D4 #45E4E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.38

#149B9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.21

#149B9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #149B9E

6.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##149B9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##149B9E	1.00	3.38	6.21	6.21
#FFFFFF	3.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F939E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7D869F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A19C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #149b9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 155, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.7% 0.103 197.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b9ba',
    500: '#149b9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #149b9e;
$custom-light: #72b9ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#149b9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.304,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62694,
    "c": 0.10345,
    "h": 197.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#149B9E

secondary

#C84946

accent

#3834F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #149B9E

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

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