#21959B#21959B

#21959B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.097 H 200.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21959B
RGB	rgb(33, 149, 155)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 3.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.27, -28.21, -12.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.27, 30.69, 203.19°)
OKLab	oklab(61.23% -0.0907 -0.0336)
OKLCH	oklch(61.23% 0.097 200.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.2884, 24.1826, 34.7605)
Luminance	0.2419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21959B #9B2721

analogous

#219B64 #21959B #21589B

triadic

#21959B #9B2195 #959B21

tetradic

#21959B #64219B #9B2721 #589B21

square

#21959B #64219B #9B2721 #589B21

split-complementary

#21959B #9B2158 #9B6421

monochromatic

#0C3436 #166469 #21959B #2CC6CD #5AD6DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.60

#21959B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#21959B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21959B

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21959B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21959B	1.00	3.60	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#79829C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21959b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 149, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.097 200.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b4b8',
    500: '#21959b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21959b;
$custom-light: #73b4b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21959b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.951,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61231,
    "c": 0.09673,
    "h": 200.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.24185
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21959B

secondary

#C05D58

accent

#4840E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21959B

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

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