#21A09E#21A09E

#21A09E is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.103 H 193.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A09E
RGB	rgb(33, 160, 158)
HSL	hsl(179, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(179, 79%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.4%, 0%, 1.2%, 37.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.83, -32.62, -8.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.83, 33.70, 194.55°)
OKLab	oklab(64.15% -0.1004 -0.0236)
OKLCH	oklch(64.15% 0.103 193.2)
XYZ	xyz(19.3667, 27.9311, 36.7117)
Luminance	0.2793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A09E #A02123

analogous

#21A05E #21A09E #2162A0

triadic

#21A09E #9E21A0 #A09E21

tetradic

#21A09E #5E21A0 #A02123 #62A021

square

#21A09E #5E21A0 #A02123 #62A021

split-complementary

#21A09E #A02162 #A05E21

monochromatic

#0C3B3A #176D6C #21A09E #2BD3D0 #5EDEDC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.19

#21A09E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.59

#21A09E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A09E

6.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A09E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A09E	1.00	3.19	6.59	6.59
#FFFFFF	3.19	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#95989E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#848B9F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A59F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a09e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 160, 158);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.103 193.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#75bcba',
    500: '#21a09e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a09e;
$custom-light: #75bcba;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a09e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 158
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 179.055,
    "s": 65.803,
    "l": 37.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64151,
    "c": 0.1031,
    "h": 193.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A09E

secondary

#C25B5C

accent

#3F42E9

background

#F7FBFB

surface

#EEF6F6

border

#C9D0D0

text

#0A1211

muted

#7C8180

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A09E

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

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