#23979E#23979E

#23979E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.99:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23979E
RGB	rgb(35, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(183, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(77.8%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.03, -28.05, -12.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.03, 30.77, 204.27°)
OKLab	oklab(61.89% -0.0907 -0.0351)
OKLCH	oklch(61.89% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.9285, 24.9570, 36.2134)
Luminance	0.2496 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23979E #9E2A23

analogous

#239E68 #23979E #23599E

triadic

#23979E #9E2397 #979E23

tetradic

#23979E #68239E #9E2A23 #599E23

square

#23979E #68239E #9E2A23 #599E23

split-complementary

#23979E #9E2359 #9E6823

monochromatic

#0D373A #18676C #23979E #2EC7D0 #60D5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#23979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.99

#23979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23979E

5.99:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

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

#8B909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6ba',
    500: '#23979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23979e;
$custom-light: #74b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.415,
    "s": 63.731,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61893,
    "c": 0.09728,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24959
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23979E

secondary

#C1625C

accent

#4A41E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #23979E

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

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