#21959C#21959C

#21959C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.242; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 201.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21959C
RGB	rgb(33, 149, 156)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 4.5%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.30, -27.90, -12.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.30, 30.61, 204.32°)
OKLab	oklab(61.27% -0.0903 -0.035)
OKLCH	oklch(61.27% 0.097 201.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.3727, 24.2164, 35.2047)
Luminance	0.2422 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21959C #9C2821

analogous

#219C66 #21959C #21579C

triadic

#21959C #9C2195 #959C21

tetradic

#21959C #66219C #9C2821 #579C21

square

#21959C #66219C #9C2821 #579C21

split-complementary

#21959C #9C2157 #9C6621

monochromatic

#0C3537 #166569 #21959C #2CC5CF #5BD5DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#21959C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.84

#21959C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21959C

5.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21959C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21959C	1.00	3.59	5.84	5.84
#FFFFFF	3.59	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)

#898E9D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21959c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 149, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 201.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73b4b9',
    500: '#21959c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21959c;
$custom-light: #73b4b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21959c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.415,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61269,
    "c": 0.09684,
    "h": 201.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21959C

secondary

#C15E58

accent

#4940E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21959C

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

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