#21989E#21989E

#21989E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.252; OKLCH L 62.1% C 0.098 H 200.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21989E
RGB	rgb(33, 152, 158)
HSL	hsl(183, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(183, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 3.8%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.31, -28.75, -12.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.31, 31.24, 203.04°)
OKLab	oklab(62.11% -0.0924 -0.034)
OKLCH	oklch(62.11% 0.098 200.2)
XYZ	xyz(18.0242, 25.2462, 36.2642)
Luminance	0.2525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21989E #9E2721

analogous

#219E66 #21989E #215A9E

triadic

#21989E #9E2198 #989E21

tetradic

#21989E #66219E #9E2721 #5A9E21

square

#21989E #66219E #9E2721 #5A9E21

split-complementary

#21989E #9E215A #9E6621

monochromatic

#0C3739 #16676B #21989E #2CC9D1 #5CD7DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.47

#21989E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.05

#21989E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21989E

6.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21989E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21989E	1.00	3.47	6.05	6.05
#FFFFFF	3.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8C919F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7B849F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009E9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21989e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 152, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.1% 0.098 200.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b6ba',
    500: '#21989e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21989e;
$custom-light: #74b6ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21989e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.88,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62111,
    "c": 0.09843,
    "h": 200.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.25248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21989E

secondary

#C15E59

accent

#483FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21989E

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

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