#21979D#21979D

#21979D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.098 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21979D
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 157)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 3.8%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -28.57, -12.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 31.06, 203.09°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0918 -0.0339)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.098 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.7768, 24.8887, 35.7588)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21979D #9D2721

analogous

#219D65 #21979D #21599D

triadic

#21979D #9D2197 #979D21

tetradic

#21979D #65219D #9D2721 #599D21

square

#21979D #65219D #9D2721 #599D21

split-complementary

#21979D #9D2159 #9D6521

monochromatic

#0C3638 #16666A #21979D #2CC8D0 #5CD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#21979D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#21979D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21979D

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21979D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21979D	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)

#8B909E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A839E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21979d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.098 200.2);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21979d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.903,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61818,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21979D

secondary

#C15E59

accent

#4840E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21979D

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

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