#23979A#23979A

#23979A is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.248; OKLCH L 61.7% C 0.097 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23979A
RGB	rgb(35, 151, 154)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 77%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.3%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.90, -29.29, -10.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.90, 31.14, 199.83°)
OKLab	oklab(61.74% -0.0925 -0.0294)
OKLCH	oklch(61.74% 0.097 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.5898, 24.8215, 34.4295)
Luminance	0.2482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23979A #9A2623

analogous

#239A62 #23979A #235B9A

triadic

#23979A #9A2397 #979A23

tetradic

#23979A #62239A #9A2623 #5B9A23

square

#23979A #62239A #9A2623 #5B9A23

split-complementary

#23979A #9A235B #9A6223

monochromatic

#0C3536 #186668 #23979A #2EC8CC #5DD7DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.52

#23979A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.96

#23979A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23979A

5.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23979A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23979A	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)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23979a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 151, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.7% 0.097 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6b7',
    500: '#23979a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23979a;
$custom-light: #74b6b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23979a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.513,
    "s": 62.963,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61741,
    "c": 0.09705,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.24824
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23979A

secondary

#BF5C5A

accent

#4642E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #23979A

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

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