#21997E#21997E

#21997E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.246; OKLCH L 61.3% C 0.109 H 173.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21997E
RGB	rgb(33, 153, 126)
HSL	hsl(167, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(167, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 0%, 17.6%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(56.69, -38.52, 5.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(56.69, 38.85, 172.45°)
OKLab	oklab(61.29% -0.1085 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(61.29% 0.109 173.2)
XYZ	xyz(15.7823, 24.6102, 23.6531)
Luminance	0.2461 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21997E #99213C

analogous

#219942 #21997E #217899

triadic

#21997E #7E2199 #997E21

tetradic

#21997E #422199 #99213C #789921

square

#21997E #422199 #99213C #789921

split-complementary

#21997E #992178 #994221

monochromatic

#0B342B #166755 #21997E #2CCBA7 #59DBBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.55

#21997E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.92

#21997E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21997E

5.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21997E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21997E	1.00	3.55	5.92	5.92
#FFFFFF	3.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#948F7D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848380

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009B91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#888888

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21997e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 153, 126);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.3% 0.109 173.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#71b8a3',
    500: '#21997e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21997e;
$custom-light: #71b8a3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21997e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 126
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61294,
    "c": 0.10928,
    "h": 173.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.24612
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21997E

secondary

#BF566E

accent

#4066E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EDF6F3

border

#C8D0CD

text

#09110F

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21997E

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

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