#21797E#21797E

#21797E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.155; OKLCH L 52.8% C 0.080 H 200.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 5.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21797E
RGB	rgb(33, 121, 126)
HSL	hsl(183, 58%, 31%)
HSV	hsv(183, 74%, 49%)
CMYK	cmyk(73.8%, 4%, 0%, 50.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(46.32, -23.26, -10.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(46.32, 25.38, 203.59°)
OKLab	oklab(52.84% -0.0748 -0.0282)
OKLCH	oklch(52.84% 0.08 200.6)
XYZ	xyz(11.2288, 15.5031, 22.1352)
Luminance	0.1550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21797E #7E2621

analogous

#217E54 #21797E #214A7E

triadic

#21797E #7E2179 #797E21

tetradic

#21797E #54217E #7E2621 #4A7E21

square

#21797E #54217E #7E2621 #4A7E21

split-complementary

#21797E #7E214A #7E5421

monochromatic

#081C1D #144A4E #21797E #2EA8AE #4AC8D0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

5.12

#21797E on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.10

#21797E on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #21797E

5.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21797E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##21797E	1.00	5.12	4.10	5.12
#FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.10	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	5.12	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#70737E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#626A7E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#007E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#6E6E6E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21797e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 121, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(52.8% 0.080 200.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ca0a3',
    500: '#21797e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21797e;
$custom-light: #6ca0a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21797e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 121,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.226,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 31.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.52837,
    "c": 0.07997,
    "h": 200.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.15504
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21797E

secondary

#B1504A

accent

#4E46E2

background

#F6F9FA

surface

#ECF2F3

border

#C7CCCD

text

#080E0F

muted

#7A7E7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21797E

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

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