#21989C#21989C

#21989C is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.0% C 0.098 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21989C
RGB	rgb(33, 152, 156)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 61%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.8%, 2.6%, 0%, 38.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.25, -29.38, -11.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.25, 31.43, 200.85°)
OKLab	oklab(62.04% -0.0933 -0.0311)
OKLCH	oklch(62.04% 0.098 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(17.8534, 25.1779, 35.3649)
Luminance	0.2518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21989C #9C2521

analogous

#219C62 #21989C #215B9C

triadic

#21989C #9C2198 #989C21

tetradic

#21989C #62219C #9C2521 #5B9C21

square

#21989C #62219C #9C2521 #5B9C21

split-complementary

#21989C #9C215B #9C6221

monochromatic

#0C3637 #166769 #21989C #2CC9CF #5BD8DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#21989C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#21989C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21989C

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21989C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21989C	1.00	3.48	6.04	6.04
#FFFFFF	3.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8D919C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C849D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21989c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 152, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.0% 0.098 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b9',
    500: '#21989c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21989c;
$custom-light: #74b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21989c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.951,
    "s": 65.079,
    "l": 37.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62035,
    "c": 0.09832,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2518
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21989C

secondary

#C15C58

accent

#4540E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21989C

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

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