#149E9E#149E9E

#149E9E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.105 H 194.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#149E9E
RGB	rgb(20, 158, 158)
HSL	hsl(180, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(180, 87%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.3%, 0%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.04, -32.71, -9.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.04, 34.11, 196.45°)
OKLab	oklab(63.46% -0.1016 -0.0269)
OKLCH	oklch(63.46% 0.105 194.8)
XYZ	xyz(18.6840, 27.0686, 36.5811)
Luminance	0.2707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#149E9E #9E1414

analogous

#149E59 #149E9E #14599E

triadic

#149E9E #9E149E #9E9E14

tetradic

#149E9E #59149E #9E1414 #599E14

square

#149E9E #59149E #9E1414 #599E14

split-complementary

#149E9E #9E1459 #9E5914

monochromatic

#063131 #0D6868 #149E9E #1BD4D4 #45E7E7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#149E9E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.41

#149E9E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #149E9E

6.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##149E9E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##149E9E	1.00	3.27	6.41	6.41
#FFFFFF	3.27	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)

#93969E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81889F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #149e9e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 158, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.105 194.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bbba',
    500: '#149e9e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #149e9e;
$custom-light: #72bbba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#149e9e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 180,
    "s": 77.528,
    "l": 34.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63463,
    "c": 0.10515,
    "h": 194.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#149E9E

secondary

#C84646

accent

#3434F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #149E9E

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

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