#21A090#21A090

#21A090 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.107 H 182.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A090
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 144)
HSL	hsl(172, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(172, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 10%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -36.71, -1.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 36.73, 181.81°)
OKLab	oklab(63.68% -0.1069 -0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(63.68% 0.107 182)
XYZ	xyz(18.2295, 27.4763, 30.7228)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A090 #A02131

analogous

#21A050 #21A090 #2170A0

triadic

#21A090 #9021A0 #A09021

tetradic

#21A090 #5021A0 #A02131 #70A021

square

#21A090 #5021A0 #A02131 #70A021

split-complementary

#21A090 #A02170 #A05021

monochromatic

#0C3B35 #176D62 #21A090 #2BD3BE #5EDECE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#21A090 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#21A090 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A090

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A090	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A090	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#98968F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#888A91

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a090;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 144);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.107 182.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdb0',
    500: '#21a090',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a090;
$custom-light: #74bdb0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a090",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 144
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 172.441,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63677,
    "c": 0.10696,
    "h": 182
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A090

secondary

#C25B68

accent

#3F54E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF6F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A090

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

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