#21989D#21989D

#21989D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21989D
RGB	rgb(33, 152, 157)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 3.2%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.28, -29.06, -11.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.28, 31.33, 201.94°)
OKLab	oklab(62.07% -0.0928 -0.0325)
OKLCH	oklch(62.07% 0.098 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.9385, 25.2119, 35.8127)
Luminance	0.2521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21989D #9D2621

analogous

#219D64 #21989D #215A9D

triadic

#21989D #9D2198 #989D21

tetradic

#21989D #64219D #9D2621 #5A9D21

square

#21989D #64219D #9D2621 #5A9D21

split-complementary

#21989D #9D215A #9D6421

monochromatic

#0C3638 #16676A #21989D #2CC9D0 #5CD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.48

#21989D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.04

#21989D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21989D

6.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21989D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21989D	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)

#8C919D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21989d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 152, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 199.3);

Tailwind

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

SCSS

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

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21989d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.419,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62073,
    "c": 0.09837,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25214
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21989D

secondary

#C15D59

accent

#4640E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21989D

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

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