#21A097#21A097

#21A097 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.104 H 187.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A097
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 151)
HSL	hsl(176, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(176, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 5.6%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.61, -34.70, -4.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.61, 35.03, 187.91°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% -0.1036 -0.0136)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.104 187.5)
XYZ	xyz(18.7812, 27.6970, 33.6283)
Luminance	0.2770 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A097 #A0212A

analogous

#21A057 #21A097 #2169A0

triadic

#21A097 #9721A0 #A09721

tetradic

#21A097 #5721A0 #A0212A #69A021

square

#21A097 #5721A0 #A0212A #69A021

split-complementary

#21A097 #A02169 #A05721

monochromatic

#0C3B37 #176D67 #21A097 #2BD3C7 #5EDED5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#21A097 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#21A097 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A097

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A097	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A097	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#979797

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#868A98

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a097;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.104 187.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#74bdb5',
    500: '#21a097',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a097;
$custom-light: #74bdb5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a097",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 175.748,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63908,
    "c": 0.10449,
    "h": 187.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27699
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A097

secondary

#C25B62

accent

#3F4BE9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A097

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

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