#21998E#21998E

#21998E is a mid, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.251; OKLCH L 61.8% C 0.101 H 185.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21998E
RGB	rgb(33, 153, 142)
HSL	hsl(175, 65%, 36%)
HSV	hsv(175, 78%, 60%)
CMYK	cmyk(78.4%, 0%, 7.2%, 40%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.13, -34.07, -3.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.13, 34.23, 185.66°)
OKLab	oklab(61.8% -0.1008 -0.0097)
OKLCH	oklch(61.8% 0.101 185.5)
XYZ	xyz(16.8986, 25.0567, 29.5317)
Luminance	0.2506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21998E #99212C

analogous

#219952 #21998E #216899

triadic

#21998E #8E2199 #998E21

tetradic

#21998E #522199 #99212C #689921

square

#21998E #522199 #99212C #689921

split-complementary

#21998E #992168 #995221

monochromatic

#0B3431 #16675F #21998E #2CCBBD #59DBCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.49

#21998E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.01

#21998E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21998E

6.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21998E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21998E	1.00	3.49	6.01	6.01
#FFFFFF	3.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#91908E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#81848F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009D95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#898989

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21998e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 153, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.8% 0.101 185.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72b7af',
    500: '#21998e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21998e;
$custom-light: #72b7af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21998e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 174.5,
    "s": 64.516,
    "l": 36.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61796,
    "c": 0.10123,
    "h": 185.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.25059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21998E

secondary

#BF5660

accent

#4050E8

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091110

muted

#7B807F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21998E

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

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