#12959F#12959F

#12959F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.241; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.101 H 203.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12959F
RGB	rgb(18, 149, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 80%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(184, 89%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.7%, 6.3%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.21, -28.16, -14.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.21, 31.67, 207.22°)
OKLab	oklab(61.17% -0.0929 -0.0403)
OKLCH	oklch(61.17% 0.101 203.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.2521, 24.1244, 36.5414)
Luminance	0.2413 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12959F #9F1C12

analogous

#129F62 #12959F #124F9F

triadic

#12959F #9F1295 #959F12

tetradic

#12959F #62129F #9F1C12 #4F9F12

square

#12959F #62129F #9F1C12 #4F9F12

split-complementary

#12959F #9F124F #9F6212

monochromatic

#062E31 #0C6168 #12959F #18C9D6 #42DEEA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#12959F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.83

#12959F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #12959F

5.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12959F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12959F	1.00	3.60	5.83	5.83
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#888EA0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#76819F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12959f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 149, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.101 203.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b4bb',
    500: '#12959f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12959f;
$custom-light: #71b4bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12959f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.255,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61173,
    "c": 0.10126,
    "h": 203.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.24127
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12959F

secondary

#CA4D43

accent

#4032F6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EDF6F6

border

#C8D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #12959F

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

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