#149E9C#149E9C

#149E9C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#149E9C
RGB	rgb(20, 158, 156)
HSL	hsl(179, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 0%, 1.3%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.97, -33.33, -8.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.97, 34.43, 194.50°)
OKLab	oklab(63.39% -0.1026 -0.024)
OKLCH	oklch(63.39% 0.105 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.5132, 27.0003, 35.6819)
Luminance	0.2700 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#149E9C #9E1416

analogous

#149E57 #149E9C #145B9E

triadic

#149E9C #9C149E #9E9C14

tetradic

#149E9C #57149E #9E1416 #5B9E14

square

#149E9C #57149E #9E1416 #5B9E14

split-complementary

#149E9C #9E145B #9E5714

monochromatic

#063131 #0D6866 #149E9C #1BD4D2 #45E7E5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#149E9C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.40

#149E9C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #149E9C

6.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##149E9C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##149E9C	1.00	3.28	6.40	6.40
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93959C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #149e9c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 158, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb9',
    500: '#149e9c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #149e9c;
$custom-light: #72bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#149e9c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.13,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63391,
    "c": 0.10535,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#149E9C

secondary

#C84648

accent

#3437F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #149E9C

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

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