#21898E#21898E

#21898E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.202; OKLCH L 57.6% C 0.090 H 199.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21898E
RGB	rgb(33, 137, 142)
HSL	hsl(183, 62%, 34%)
HSV	hsv(183, 77%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(76.8%, 3.5%, 0%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.02, -26.33, -10.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.02, 28.53, 202.63°)
OKLab	oklab(57.64% -0.0843 -0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(57.64% 0.09 199.9)
XYZ	xyz(14.4531, 20.1659, 28.7166)
Luminance	0.2017 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21898E #8E2621

analogous

#218E5D #21898E #21538E

triadic

#21898E #8E2189 #898E21

tetradic

#21898E #5D218E #8E2621 #538E21

square

#21898E #5D218E #8E2621 #538E21

split-complementary

#21898E #8E2153 #8E5D21

monochromatic

#0A292B #15595C #21898E #2DB9C0 #52D1D7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.17

#21898E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.03

#21898E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21898E

5.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21898E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21898E	1.00	4.17	5.03	5.03
#FFFFFF	4.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E838E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#6F778F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#008E8A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7C7C7C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21898e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 137, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(57.6% 0.090 199.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#70acaf',
    500: '#21898e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21898e;
$custom-light: #70acaf;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21898e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.752,
    "s": 62.286,
    "l": 34.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.57643,
    "c": 0.08969,
    "h": 199.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.20168
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21898E

secondary

#BA5550

accent

#4A42E5

background

#F7FAFA

surface

#EDF4F4

border

#C8CECE

text

#091010

muted

#7B7F7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21898E

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

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