#21999E#21999E

#21999E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.256; OKLCH L 62.4% C 0.099 H 199.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21999E
RGB	rgb(33, 153, 158)
HSL	hsl(182, 65%, 37%)
HSV	hsv(182, 79%, 62%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.1%, 3.2%, 0%, 38%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.63, -29.24, -11.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.63, 31.52, 201.90°)
OKLab	oklab(62.37% -0.0934 -0.0327)
OKLCH	oklch(62.37% 0.099 199.3)
XYZ	xyz(18.1872, 25.5722, 36.3185)
Luminance	0.2557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21999E #9E2621

analogous

#219E65 #21999E #215B9E

triadic

#21999E #9E2199 #999E21

tetradic

#21999E #65219E #9E2621 #5B9E21

square

#21999E #65219E #9E2621 #5B9E21

split-complementary

#21999E #9E215B #9E6521

monochromatic

#0C3739 #16686B #21999E #2CCAD1 #5CD8DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.43

#21999E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.11

#21999E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21999E

6.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21999E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21999E	1.00	3.43	6.11	6.11
#FFFFFF	3.43	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)

#8D929F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#7C859F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#009F9A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8A8A8A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21999e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 153, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(62.4% 0.099 199.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74b7ba',
    500: '#21999e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21999e;
$custom-light: #74b7ba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21999e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 182.4,
    "s": 65.445,
    "l": 37.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.62366,
    "c": 0.09893,
    "h": 199.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.25574
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21999E

secondary

#C15E59

accent

#463FE8

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1111

muted

#7C8080

Preview Lab

Preview with #21999E

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

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