#21959E#21959E

#21959E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.097 H 203.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21959E
RGB	rgb(33, 149, 158)
HSL	hsl(184, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(184, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 5.7%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.37, -27.26, -13.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.37, 30.49, 206.60°)
OKLab	oklab(61.35% -0.0894 -0.0379)
OKLCH	oklch(61.35% 0.097 203)
XYZ	xyz(17.5434, 24.2847, 36.1039)
Luminance	0.2429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21959E #9E2A21

analogous

#219E69 #21959E #21579E

triadic

#21959E #9E2195 #959E21

tetradic

#21959E #69219E #9E2A21 #579E21

square

#21959E #69219E #9E2A21 #579E21

split-complementary

#21959E #9E2157 #9E6921

monochromatic

#0C3639 #16656B #21959E #2CC5D1 #5CD4DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.59

#21959E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.86

#21959E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21959E

5.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21959E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21959E	1.00	3.59	5.86	5.86
#FFFFFF	3.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#898E9F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#78829E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B98

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21959e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 149, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.097 203.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b4ba',
    500: '#21959e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21959e;
$custom-light: #74b4ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21959e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 184.32,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61347,
    "c": 0.0971,
    "h": 203
  },
  "luminance": 0.24287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21959E

secondary

#C16159

accent

#4C3FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21959E

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

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