#14A09D#14A09D

#14A09D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.107 H 192.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#14A09D
RGB	rgb(20, 160, 157)
HSL	hsl(179, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 88%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.5%, 0%, 1.9%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -33.96, -8.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 34.94, 193.57°)
OKLab	oklab(63.94% -0.104 -0.0229)
OKLCH	oklch(63.94% 0.107 192.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.9422, 27.7222, 36.2443)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#14A09D #A01417

analogous

#14A057 #14A09D #145DA0

triadic

#14A09D #9D14A0 #A09D14

tetradic

#14A09D #5714A0 #A01417 #5DA014

square

#14A09D #5714A0 #A01417 #5DA014

split-complementary

#14A09D #A0145D #A05714

monochromatic

#063332 #0D6A68 #14A09D #1BD6D2 #46E8E4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#14A09D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#14A09D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #14A09D

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##14A09D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##14A09D	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #14a09d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 160, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.107 192.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcb9',
    500: '#14a09d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #14a09d;
$custom-light: #72bcb9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#14a09d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 178.714,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63941,
    "c": 0.10654,
    "h": 192.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27725
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#14A09D

secondary

#C9474A

accent

#3438F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #14A09D

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

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