#149E9D#149E9D

#149E9D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.270; OKLCH L 63.4% C 0.105 H 194.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#149E9D
RGB	rgb(20, 158, 157)
HSL	hsl(180, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 0%, 0.6%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.01, -33.02, -9.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.01, 34.27, 195.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.43% -0.1021 -0.0255)
OKLCH	oklch(63.43% 0.105 194)
XYZ	xyz(18.5983, 27.0343, 36.1297)
Luminance	0.2704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#149E9D #9E1415

analogous

#149E58 #149E9D #145A9E

triadic

#149E9D #9D149E #9E9D14

tetradic

#149E9D #58149E #9E1415 #5A9E14

square

#149E9D #58149E #9E1415 #5A9E14

split-complementary

#149E9D #9E145A #9E5814

monochromatic

#063131 #0D6867 #149E9D #1BD4D3 #45E7E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.28

#149E9D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#149E9D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #149E9D

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##149E9D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##149E9D	1.00	3.28	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.28	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#93969D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #149e9d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 158, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.4% 0.105 194.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbb9',
    500: '#149e9d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #149e9d;
$custom-light: #72bbb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#149e9d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.565,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63427,
    "c": 0.10524,
    "h": 194
  },
  "luminance": 0.27037
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#149E9D

secondary

#C84647

accent

#3435F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091211

muted

#7B8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #149E9D

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

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