#21999D#21999D

#21999D is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.255; OKLCH L 62.3% C 0.099 H 198.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21999D
RGB	rgb(33, 153, 157)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79%, 2.5%, 0%, 38.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.60, -29.55, -11.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.60, 31.62, 200.82°)
OKLab	oklab(62.33% -0.0938 -0.0312)
OKLCH	oklch(62.33% 0.099 198.4)
XYZ	xyz(18.1015, 25.5379, 35.8670)
Luminance	0.2554 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21999D #9D2521

analogous

#219D63 #21999D #215B9D

triadic

#21999D #9D2199 #999D21

tetradic

#21999D #63219D #9D2521 #5B9D21

square

#21999D #63219D #9D2521 #5B9D21

split-complementary

#21999D #9D215B #9D6321

monochromatic

#0C3638 #16686A #21999D #2CCAD0 #5CD9DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.44

#21999D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#21999D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21999D

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21999D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21999D	1.00	3.44	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#8E929D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21999d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 153, 157);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.3% 0.099 198.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7b9',
    500: '#21999d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21999d;
$custom-light: #74b7b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21999d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 157
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 181.935,
    "s": 65.263,
    "l": 37.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62328,
    "c": 0.09889,
    "h": 198.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2554
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21999D

secondary

#C15C59

accent

#4540E8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21999D

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

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