#21997C#21997C

#21997C is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.2% C 0.111 H 171.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21997C
RGB	rgb(33, 153, 124)
HSL	hsl(166, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(166, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 0%, 19%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.64, -39.04, 6.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.64, 39.53, 171.02°)
OKLab	oklab(61.24% -0.1095 0.0157)
OKLCH	oklch(61.24% 0.111 171.9)
XYZ	xyz(15.6546, 24.5591, 22.9802)
Luminance	0.2456 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21997C #99213E

analogous

#219940 #21997C #217A99

triadic

#21997C #7C2199 #997C21

tetradic

#21997C #402199 #99213E #7A9921

square

#21997C #402199 #99213E #7A9921

split-complementary

#21997C #99217A #994021

monochromatic

#0B342A #166753 #21997C #2CCBA5 #59DBBC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#21997C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.91

#21997C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21997C

5.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21997C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21997C	1.00	3.55	5.91	5.91
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948E7B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#85837E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21997c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 153, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.2% 0.111 171.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b8a1',
    500: '#21997c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21997c;
$custom-light: #71b8a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21997c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61236,
    "c": 0.11062,
    "h": 171.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.24561
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21997C

secondary

#BF5670

accent

#4069E8

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EDF6F2

border

#C8D0CC

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21997C

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

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