#21959D#21959D

#21959D is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 202.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21959D
RGB	rgb(33, 149, 157)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 5.1%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.34, -27.58, -13.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.34, 30.55, 205.46°)
OKLab	oklab(61.31% -0.0898 -0.0365)
OKLCH	oklch(61.31% 0.097 202.1)
XYZ	xyz(17.4577, 24.2504, 35.6524)
Luminance	0.2425 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21959D #9D2921

analogous

#219D67 #21959D #21579D

triadic

#21959D #9D2195 #959D21

tetradic

#21959D #67219D #9D2921 #579D21

square

#21959D #67219D #9D2921 #579D21

split-complementary

#21959D #9D2157 #9D6721

monochromatic

#0C3538 #16656A #21959D #2CC5D0 #5CD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#21959D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.85

#21959D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21959D

5.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21959D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21959D	1.00	3.59	5.85	5.85
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21959d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 149, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 202.1);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21959d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 183.871,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61308,
    "c": 0.09695,
    "h": 202.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.24253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21959D

secondary

#C16059

accent

#4A40E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#091111

muted

#7B8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21959D

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

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