#31979E#31979E

#31979E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.253; OKLCH L 62.2% C 0.091 H 201.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#31979E
RGB	rgb(49, 151, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 53%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(184, 69%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(69%, 4.4%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.32, -26.26, -12.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.32, 28.95, 204.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.21% -0.085 -0.0338)
OKLCH	oklch(62.21% 0.091 201.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.5021, 25.2527, 36.2403)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#31979E #9E3831

analogous

#319E6E #31979E #31609E

triadic

#31979E #9E3197 #979E31

tetradic

#31979E #6E319E #9E3831 #609E31

square

#31979E #6E319E #9E3831 #609E31

split-complementary

#31979E #9E3160 #9E6E31

monochromatic

#143E41 #236A6F #31979E #46BEC6 #75CED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#31979E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#31979E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #31979E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##31979E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##31979E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C909F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #31979e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(49, 151, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.2% 0.091 201.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#79b6ba',
    500: '#31979e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #31979e;
$custom-light: #79b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#31979e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 49,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.853,
    "s": 52.657,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62208,
    "c": 0.09145,
    "h": 201.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.25255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#31979E

secondary

#BC736E

accent

#554CDC

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #31979E

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

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