#21979F#21979F

#21979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.098 H 202.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21979F
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.2%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -27.94, -13.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 30.91, 205.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.9% -0.0909 -0.0368)
OKLCH	oklch(61.9% 0.098 202)
XYZ	xyz(17.9490, 24.9575, 36.6655)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21979F #9F2921

analogous

#219F68 #21979F #21589F

triadic

#21979F #9F2197 #979F21

tetradic

#21979F #68219F #9F2921 #589F21

square

#21979F #68219F #9F2921 #589F21

split-complementary

#21979F #9F2158 #9F6821

monochromatic

#0C373A #16676C #21979F #2CC7D2 #5DD5DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#21979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#21979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21979F

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21979F	1.00	3.50	5.99	5.99
#FFFFFF	3.50	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)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79839F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.098 202.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6bb',
    500: '#21979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21979f;
$custom-light: #74b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.81,
    "s": 65.625,
    "l": 37.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61895,
    "c": 0.09808,
    "h": 202
  },
  "luminance": 0.2496
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21979F

secondary

#C2615A

accent

#4A3FE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21979F

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

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