#12979F#12979F

#12979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.102 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#12979F
RGB	rgb(18, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(183, 80%, 35%)
HSV	hsv(183, 89%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(88.7%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.84, -29.15, -13.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.84, 32.13, 204.90°)
OKLab	oklab(61.69% -0.0948 -0.0377)
OKLCH	oklch(61.69% 0.102 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(17.5712, 24.7627, 36.6477)
Luminance	0.2477 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#12979F #9F1A12

analogous

#129F60 #12979F #12519F

triadic

#12979F #9F1297 #979F12

tetradic

#12979F #60129F #9F1A12 #519F12

square

#12979F #60129F #9F1A12 #519F12

split-complementary

#12979F #9F1251 #9F6012

monochromatic

#062F31 #0C6368 #12979F #18CBD6 #42E0EA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.53

#12979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.95

#12979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #12979F

5.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##12979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##12979F	1.00	3.53	5.95	5.95
#FFFFFF	3.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8A90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7983A0

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #12979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(18, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.102 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b6bb',
    500: '#12979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #12979f;
$custom-light: #71b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#12979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 18,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.404,
    "s": 79.661,
    "l": 34.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61685,
    "c": 0.10202,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.24765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#12979F

secondary

#CA4B43

accent

#3D32F6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #12979F

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

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