#21979A#21979A

#21979A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21979A
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.6%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.87, -29.51, -10.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.87, 31.36, 199.79°)
OKLab	oklab(61.71% -0.0932 -0.0295)
OKLCH	oklch(61.71% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5239, 24.7875, 34.4265)
Luminance	0.2479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21979A #9A2421

analogous

#219A61 #21979A #215B9A

triadic

#21979A #9A2197 #979A21

tetradic

#21979A #61219A #9A2421 #5B9A21

square

#21979A #61219A #9A2421 #5B9A21

split-complementary

#21979A #9A215B #9A6121

monochromatic

#0B3435 #166668 #21979A #2CC8CC #5AD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#21979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#21979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21979A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21979A	1.00	3.52	5.96	5.96
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009C98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b6b7',
    500: '#21979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21979a;
$custom-light: #73b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.488,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 36.667
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61705,
    "c": 0.09773,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21979A

secondary

#C05A57

accent

#4440E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21979A

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

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