#149E9B#149E9B

#149E9B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#149E9B
RGB	rgb(20, 158, 155)
HSL	hsl(179, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 0%, 1.9%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.94, -33.64, -8.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.94, 34.60, 193.54°)
OKLab	oklab(63.36% -0.103 -0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(63.36% 0.105 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.4289, 26.9666, 35.2378)
Luminance	0.2697 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#149E9B #9E1417

analogous

#149E56 #149E9B #145C9E

triadic

#149E9B #9B149E #9E9B14

tetradic

#149E9B #56149E #9E1417 #5C9E14

square

#149E9B #56149E #9E1417 #5C9E14

split-complementary

#149E9B #9E145C #9E5614

monochromatic

#063130 #0D6866 #149E9B #1BD4D0 #45E7E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#149E9B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.39

#149E9B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #149E9B

6.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##149E9B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##149E9B	1.00	3.28	6.39	6.39
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#82889C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #149e9b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 158, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb8',
    500: '#149e9b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #149e9b;
$custom-light: #72bbb8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#149e9b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.696,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63355,
    "c": 0.10548,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.26969
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#149E9B

secondary

#C84649

accent

#3438F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #149E9B

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

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