#21988B#21988B

#21988B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.4% C 0.101 H 183.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21988B
RGB	rgb(33, 152, 139)
HSL	hsl(173, 64%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(173, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.3%, 0%, 8.6%, 40.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.72, -34.47, -2.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.72, 34.54, 183.75°)
OKLab	oklab(61.44% -0.1012 -0.0067)
OKLCH	oklch(61.44% 0.101 183.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.5134, 24.6419, 28.3071)
Luminance	0.2464 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21988B #98212E

analogous

#219850 #21988B #216A98

triadic

#21988B #8B2198 #988B21

tetradic

#21988B #502198 #98212E #6A9821

square

#21988B #502198 #98212E #6A9821

split-complementary

#21988B #98216A #985021

monochromatic

#0B332F #16665D #21988B #2CCAB9 #59DBCD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.54

#21988B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.93

#21988B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21988B

5.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21988B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21988B	1.00	3.54	5.93	5.93
#FFFFFF	3.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#908F8B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#80838C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21988b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 152, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.4% 0.101 183.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7ac',
    500: '#21988b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21988b;
$custom-light: #72b7ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21988b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 173.445,
    "s": 64.324,
    "l": 36.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61436,
    "c": 0.1014,
    "h": 183.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.24644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21988B

secondary

#BF5661

accent

#4053E7

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F4

border

#C8D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21988B

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →