#23979F#23979F

#23979F is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.250; OKLCH L 61.9% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#23979F
RGB	rgb(35, 151, 159)
HSL	hsl(184, 64%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(184, 78%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(78%, 5%, 0%, 37.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.07, -27.73, -13.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.07, 30.70, 205.40°)
OKLab	oklab(61.93% -0.0903 -0.0366)
OKLCH	oklch(61.93% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.0149, 24.9915, 36.6685)
Luminance	0.2499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#23979F #9F2B23

analogous

#239F69 #23979F #23599F

triadic

#23979F #9F2397 #979F23

tetradic

#23979F #69239F #9F2B23 #599F23

square

#23979F #69239F #9F2B23 #599F23

split-complementary

#23979F #9F2359 #9F6923

monochromatic

#0D383B #18676D #23979F #2EC7D1 #60D4DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.50

#23979F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.00

#23979F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #23979F

6.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##23979F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##23979F	1.00	3.50	6.00	6.00
#FFFFFF	3.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8B90A0

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7A849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #23979f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(35, 151, 159);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.9% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6bb',
    500: '#23979f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #23979f;
$custom-light: #74b6bb;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#23979f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 35,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 159
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 63.918,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61931,
    "c": 0.0974,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24994
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#23979F

secondary

#C1635D

accent

#4C41E7

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #23979F

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

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