#21979E#21979E

#21979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 201.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21979E
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.00, -28.26, -12.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.00, 30.98, 204.21°)
OKLab	oklab(61.86% -0.0914 -0.0353)
OKLCH	oklch(61.86% 0.098 201.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.8626, 24.9229, 36.2103)
Luminance	0.2492 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21979E #9E2821

analogous

#219E67 #21979E #21599E

triadic

#21979E #9E2197 #979E21

tetradic

#21979E #67219E #9E2821 #599E21

square

#21979E #67219E #9E2821 #599E21

split-complementary

#21979E #9E2159 #9E6721

monochromatic

#0C3639 #16676B #21979E #2CC7D1 #5CD6DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#21979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#21979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21979E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21979E	1.00	3.51	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.99	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.99	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: #21979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 201.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6ba',
    500: '#21979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21979e;
$custom-light: #74b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.36,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61856,
    "c": 0.09796,
    "h": 201.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21979E

secondary

#C15F59

accent

#493FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21979E

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

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