#21978C#21978C

#21978C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.243; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.100 H 185.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21978C
RGB	rgb(33, 151, 140)
HSL	hsl(174, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(174, 78%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.1%, 0%, 7.3%, 40.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.43, -33.72, -3.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.43, 33.87, 185.52°)
OKLab	oklab(61.21% -0.0997 -0.0093)
OKLCH	oklch(61.21% 0.1 185.4)
XYZ	xyz(16.4251, 24.3480, 28.6398)
Luminance	0.2435 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21978C #97212C

analogous

#219751 #21978C #216797

triadic

#21978C #8C2197 #978C21

tetradic

#21978C #512197 #97212C #679721

square

#21978C #512197 #97212C #679721

split-complementary

#21978C #972167 #975121

monochromatic

#0B332F #16655D #21978C #2CC9BB #58DACE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.58

#21978C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.87

#21978C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21978C

5.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21978C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21978C	1.00	3.58	5.87	5.87
#FFFFFF	3.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8F8E8C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7F828D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#878787

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21978c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 151, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.100 185.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b6ad',
    500: '#21978c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21978c;
$custom-light: #72b6ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21978c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.407,
    "s": 64.13,
    "l": 36.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61209,
    "c": 0.10012,
    "h": 185.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2435
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21978C

secondary

#BE555F

accent

#4150E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21978C

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

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