#21A096#21A096

#21A096 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.105 H 186.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A096
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 150)
HSL	hsl(175, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(175, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 6.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.58, -34.99, -4.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.58, 35.25, 187.01°)
OKLab	oklab(63.87% -0.1041 -0.0122)
OKLCH	oklch(63.87% 0.105 186.7)
XYZ	xyz(18.7004, 27.6646, 33.2025)
Luminance	0.2767 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A096 #A0212B

analogous

#21A057 #21A096 #216AA0

triadic

#21A096 #9621A0 #A09621

tetradic

#21A096 #5721A0 #A0212B #6AA021

square

#21A096 #5721A0 #A0212B #6AA021

split-complementary

#21A096 #A0216A #A05721

monochromatic

#0C3B37 #176D66 #21A096 #2BD3C6 #5EDED4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#21A096 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.53

#21A096 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A096

6.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A096	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A096	1.00	3.21	6.53	6.53
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A97

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a096;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.105 186.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdb4',
    500: '#21a096',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a096;
$custom-light: #74bdb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a096",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.276,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63874,
    "c": 0.10477,
    "h": 186.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A096

secondary

#C25B63

accent

#3F4CE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A096

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

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