#21857D#21857D

#21857D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.186; OKLCH L 56.0% C 0.089 H 187.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21857D
RGB	rgb(33, 133, 125)
HSL	hsl(175, 60%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(175, 75%, 52%)
CMYK	cmyk(75.2%, 0%, 6%, 47.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.19, -29.58, -3.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.19, 29.82, 187.31°)
OKLab	oklab(55.97% -0.0881 -0.0107)
OKLCH	oklch(55.97% 0.089 187)
XYZ	xyz(12.7146, 18.5775, 22.3138)
Luminance	0.1858 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21857D #852129

analogous

#21854B #21857D #215B85

triadic

#21857D #7D2185 #857D21

tetradic

#21857D #4B2185 #852129 #5B8521

square

#21857D #4B2185 #852129 #5B8521

split-complementary

#21857D #85215B #854B21

monochromatic

#092321 #15544F #21857D #2DB6AB #4DD3C8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.45

#21857D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.72

#21857D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21857D

4.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21857D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21857D	1.00	4.45	4.72	4.72
#FFFFFF	4.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E7D7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#70737E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008882

Achromatopsia (no color)

#777777

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21857d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 133, 125);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.0% 0.089 187.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6ea9a2',
    500: '#21857d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21857d;
$custom-light: #6ea9a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21857d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 133,
    "b": 125
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.2,
    "s": 60.241,
    "l": 32.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55972,
    "c": 0.08878,
    "h": 187
  },
  "luminance": 0.18579
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21857D

secondary

#B64C54

accent

#4451E3

background

#F7FAF9

surface

#EDF4F2

border

#C8CECC

text

#08100F

muted

#7B7F7E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21857D

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

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