#21A178#21A178

#21A178 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.2% C 0.123 H 165.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A178
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 25.5%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, -43.45, 11.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 45.06, 164.62°)
OKLab	oklab(63.24% -0.1196 0.0305)
OKLCH	oklch(63.24% 0.123 165.7)
XYZ	xyz(16.7603, 27.1671, 22.1261)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A178 #A1214A

analogous

#21A138 #21A178 #218AA1

triadic

#21A178 #7821A1 #A17821

tetradic

#21A178 #3821A1 #A1214A #8AA121

square

#21A178 #3821A1 #A1214A #8AA121

split-complementary

#21A178 #A1218A #A13821

monochromatic

#0C3B2C #176E52 #21A178 #2CD49E #5EDEB5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#21A178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#21A178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A178

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A178	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.2% 0.123 165.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73be9f',
    500: '#21a178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a178;
$custom-light: #73be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.781,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63244,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 165.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27169
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A178

secondary

#C35B7C

accent

#3F75E9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A178

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

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