#21838C#21838C

#21838C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.184; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.087 H 204.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21838C
RGB	rgb(33, 131, 140)
HSL	hsl(185, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(185, 76%, 55%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.4%, 6.4%, 0%, 45.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.03, -23.92, -12.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.03, 27.13, 208.17°)
OKLab	oklab(56.01% -0.079 -0.0356)
OKLCH	oklch(56.01% 0.087 204.2)
XYZ	xyz(13.4750, 18.4478, 27.6564)
Luminance	0.1845 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21838C #8C2A21

analogous

#218C60 #21838C #214E8C

triadic

#21838C #8C2183 #838C21

tetradic

#21838C #60218C #8C2A21 #4E8C21

square

#21838C #60218C #8C2A21 #4E8C21

split-complementary

#21838C #8C214E #8C6021

monochromatic

#0A2629 #15555A #21838C #2DB1BE #51CBD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.48

#21838C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.69

#21838C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21838C

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21838C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21838C	1.00	4.48	4.69	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#787D8D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#69728C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008986

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21838c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 131, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.087 204.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6fa7ad',
    500: '#21838c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21838c;
$custom-light: #6fa7ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21838c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 131,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 185.047,
    "s": 61.85,
    "l": 33.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56009,
    "c": 0.08668,
    "h": 204.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.18449
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21838C

secondary

#B9584F

accent

#5043E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#080F10

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21838C

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

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