#12959D#12959D

#12959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.101 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12959D
RGB	rgb(18, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 79%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(183, 89%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.5%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.14, -28.81, -13.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.14, 31.79, 205.01°)
OKLab	oklab(61.09% -0.0938 -0.0374)
OKLCH	oklch(61.09% 0.101 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.0799, 24.0556, 35.6347)
Luminance	0.2406 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12959D #9D1A12

analogous

#129D60 #12959D #12509D

triadic

#12959D #9D1295 #959D12

tetradic

#12959D #60129D #9D1A12 #509D12

square

#12959D #60129D #9D1A12 #509D12

split-complementary

#12959D #9D1250 #9D6012

monochromatic

#052D2F #0C6166 #12959D #18C9D4 #40DFE9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.61

#12959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.81

#12959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #12959D

5.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12959D	1.00	3.61	5.81	5.81
#FFFFFF	3.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#77819D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.101 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70b4b9',
    500: '#12959d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12959d;
$custom-light: #70b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.453,
    "s": 79.429,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61094,
    "c": 0.10097,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12959D

secondary

#C94A42

accent

#3D32F6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #12959D

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

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