#21979C#21979C

#21979C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21979C
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.93, -28.89, -11.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.93, 31.15, 201.98°)
OKLab	oklab(61.78% -0.0923 -0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(61.78% 0.098 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.6918, 24.8547, 35.3110)
Luminance	0.2486 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21979C #9C2621

analogous

#219C64 #21979C #215A9C

triadic

#21979C #9C2197 #979C21

tetradic

#21979C #64219C #9C2621 #5A9C21

square

#21979C #64219C #9C2621 #5A9C21

split-complementary

#21979C #9C215A #9C6421

monochromatic

#0C3537 #166669 #21979C #2CC8CF #5BD7DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#21979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.97

#21979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21979C

5.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21979C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21979C	1.00	3.52	5.97	5.97
#FFFFFF	3.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6b9',
    500: '#21979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21979c;
$custom-light: #74b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.439,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6178,
    "c": 0.0978,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21979C

secondary

#C15C58

accent

#4740E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21979C

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

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