#21797D#21797D

#21797D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.080 H 199.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21797D
RGB	rgb(33, 121, 125)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.6%, 3.2%, 0%, 51%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.28, -23.58, -9.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.28, 25.47, 202.18°)
OKLab	oklab(52.8% -0.0753 -0.0267)
OKLCH	oklch(52.8% 0.08 199.5)
XYZ	xyz(11.1646, 15.4774, 21.7971)
Luminance	0.1548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21797D #7D2521

analogous

#217D53 #21797D #214B7D

triadic

#21797D #7D2179 #797D21

tetradic

#21797D #53217D #7D2521 #4B7D21

square

#21797D #53217D #7D2521 #4B7D21

split-complementary

#21797D #7D214B #7D5321

monochromatic

#071B1C #144A4D #21797D #2EA8AD #49C9CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.13

#21797D on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#21797D on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21797D

5.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21797D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21797D	1.00	5.13	4.10	5.13
#FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.13	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#62697D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21797d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 121, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.080 199.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca0a2',
    500: '#21797d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21797d;
$custom-light: #6ca0a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21797d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.609,
    "s": 58.228,
    "l": 30.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52798,
    "c": 0.07988,
    "h": 199.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.15479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21797D

secondary

#B04E4A

accent

#4D46E1

background

#F6F9F9

surface

#ECF2F2

border

#C7CCCC

text

#080E0F

muted

#7A7E7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21797D

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

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