#14A09E#14A09E

#14A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.106 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#14A09E
RGB	rgb(20, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 78%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(179, 88%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(87.5%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -33.66, -8.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 34.77, 194.52°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.1036 -0.0243)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.106 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.0279, 27.7565, 36.6958)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#14A09E #A01416

analogous

#14A058 #14A09E #145CA0

triadic

#14A09E #9E14A0 #A09E14

tetradic

#14A09E #5814A0 #A01416 #5CA014

square

#14A09E #5814A0 #A01416 #5CA014

split-complementary

#14A09E #A0145C #A05814

monochromatic

#063333 #0D6A68 #14A09E #1BD6D4 #46E8E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#14A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#14A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #14A09E

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##14A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##14A09E	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95979E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#838A9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #14a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(20, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.106 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bcba',
    500: '#14a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #14a09e;
$custom-light: #72bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#14a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 20,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.143,
    "s": 77.778,
    "l": 35.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.10641,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27759
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#14A09E

secondary

#C94749

accent

#3436F4

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #14A09E

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

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