#21A08B#21A08B

#21A08B is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.273; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.109 H 178.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A08B
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 139)
HSL	hsl(170, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(170, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 13.1%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.28, -38.10, 1.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.28, 38.13, 177.79°)
OKLab	oklab(63.52% -0.1093 0.0033)
OKLCH	oklch(63.52% 0.109 178.3)
XYZ	xyz(17.8558, 27.3268, 28.7546)
Luminance	0.2733 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A08B #A02136

analogous

#21A04C #21A08B #2175A0

triadic

#21A08B #8B21A0 #A08B21

tetradic

#21A08B #4C21A0 #A02136 #75A021

square

#21A08B #4C21A0 #A02136 #75A021

split-complementary

#21A08B #A02175 #A04C21

monochromatic

#0C3B33 #176D5F #21A08B #2BD3B7 #5EDEC9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.25

#21A08B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.47

#21A08B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A08B

6.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A08B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A08B	1.00	3.25	6.47	6.47
#FFFFFF	3.25	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99968A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#898A8D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a08b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.109 178.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdac',
    500: '#21a08b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a08b;
$custom-light: #73bdac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a08b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 170.079,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63519,
    "c": 0.10935,
    "h": 178.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27329
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A08B

secondary

#C25B6C

accent

#3F5BE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#091210

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A08B

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

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