#21A079#21A079

#21A079 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.268; OKLCH L 63.0% C 0.121 H 166.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A079
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 121)
HSL	hsl(162, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(162, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 24.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.83, -42.79, 10.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.83, 44.17, 165.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.01% -0.1181 0.028)
OKLCH	oklch(63.01% 0.121 166.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.6472, 26.8434, 22.3894)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A079 #A02148

analogous

#21A03A #21A079 #2187A0

triadic

#21A079 #7921A0 #A07921

tetradic

#21A079 #3A21A0 #A02148 #87A021

square

#21A079 #3A21A0 #A02148 #87A021

split-complementary

#21A079 #A02187 #A03A21

monochromatic

#0C3B2C #176D53 #21A079 #2BD39F #5EDEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#21A079 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#21A079 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A079

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A079	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A079	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9477

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D897C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A195

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a079;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.0% 0.121 166.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#72bd9f',
    500: '#21a079',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a079;
$custom-light: #72bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a079",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.575,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63006,
    "c": 0.12138,
    "h": 166.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26845
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A079

secondary

#C25B7A

accent

#3F73E9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A079

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

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