#21A099#21A099

#21A099 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 64.0% C 0.104 H 189.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A099
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 153)
HSL	hsl(177, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(177, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 4.4%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, -34.11, -5.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 34.61, 189.76°)
OKLab	oklab(63.98% -0.1027 -0.0165)
OKLCH	oklch(63.98% 0.104 189.1)
XYZ	xyz(18.9450, 27.7625, 34.4910)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A099 #A02128

analogous

#21A059 #21A099 #2167A0

triadic

#21A099 #9921A0 #A09921

tetradic

#21A099 #5921A0 #A02128 #67A021

square

#21A099 #5921A0 #A02128 #67A021

split-complementary

#21A099 #A02167 #A05921

monochromatic

#0C3B38 #176D68 #21A099 #2BD3CA #5EDED7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#21A099 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#21A099 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A099

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A099	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A099	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#969799

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#858A9A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a099;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.0% 0.104 189.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcb7',
    500: '#21a099',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a099;
$custom-light: #75bcb7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a099",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 176.693,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63976,
    "c": 0.10397,
    "h": 189.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.27765
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A099

secondary

#C25B60

accent

#3F48E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A099

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

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