#21989B#21989B

#21989B is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 197.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21989B
RGB	rgb(33, 152, 155)
HSL	hsl(181, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(181, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.7%, 1.9%, 0%, 39.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.22, -29.69, -10.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.22, 31.54, 199.76°)
OKLab	oklab(62% -0.0937 -0.0296)
OKLCH	oklch(62% 0.098 197.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.7691, 25.1442, 34.9208)
Luminance	0.2515 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21989B #9B2421

analogous

#219B61 #21989B #215B9B

triadic

#21989B #9B2198 #989B21

tetradic

#21989B #61219B #9B2421 #5B9B21

square

#21989B #61219B #9B2421 #5B9B21

split-complementary

#21989B #9B215B #9B6121

monochromatic

#0C3536 #166769 #21989B #2CC9CD #5AD9DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#21989B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.03

#21989B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21989B

6.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21989B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21989B	1.00	3.48	6.03	6.03
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21989b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 152, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 197.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b8',
    500: '#21989b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21989b;
$custom-light: #74b7b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21989b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.475,
    "s": 64.894,
    "l": 36.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61998,
    "c": 0.09831,
    "h": 197.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.25146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21989B

secondary

#C05A58

accent

#4440E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21989B

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

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