#20979E#20979E

#20979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#20979E
RGB	rgb(32, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 66%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 80%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.7%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.98, -28.36, -12.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.98, 31.08, 204.17°)
OKLab	oklab(61.84% -0.0917 -0.0354)
OKLCH	oklch(61.84% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8310, 24.9067, 36.2088)
Luminance	0.2491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#20979E #9E2720

analogous

#209E66 #20979E #20589E

triadic

#20979E #9E2097 #979E20

tetradic

#20979E #66209E #9E2720 #589E20

square

#20979E #66209E #9E2720 #589E20

split-complementary

#20979E #9E2058 #9E6620

monochromatic

#0B3638 #16666B #20979E #2AC8D1 #5BD6DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#20979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#20979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #20979E

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##20979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##20979E	1.00	3.51	5.98	5.98
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #20979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(32, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6ba',
    500: '#20979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #20979e;
$custom-light: #74b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#20979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 32,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.333,
    "s": 66.316,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61839,
    "c": 0.09829,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24909
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#20979E

secondary

#C25E58

accent

#483FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #20979E

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

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