#23979C#23979C

#23979C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.249; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.097 H 199.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23979C
RGB	rgb(35, 151, 156)
HSL	hsl(182, 63%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 78%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.97, -28.67, -11.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.97, 30.93, 202.04°)
OKLab	oklab(61.82% -0.0916 -0.0323)
OKLCH	oklch(61.82% 0.097 199.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.7578, 24.8887, 35.3141)
Luminance	0.2489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23979C #9C2823

analogous

#239C64 #23979C #235B9C

triadic

#23979C #9C2397 #979C23

tetradic

#23979C #64239C #9C2823 #5B9C23

square

#23979C #64239C #9C2823 #5B9C23

split-complementary

#23979C #9C235B #9C6423

monochromatic

#0D3638 #18676A #23979C #2EC7CE #5ED6DB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.51

#23979C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.98

#23979C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23979C

5.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8B909C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B839D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23979c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 151, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.097 199.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6b9',
    500: '#23979c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23979c;
$custom-light: #74b6b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23979c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.479,
    "s": 63.351,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61817,
    "c": 0.09711,
    "h": 199.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.24891
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23979C

secondary

#C05F5B

accent

#4841E6

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #23979C

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

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