#21A179#21A179

#21A179 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 63.3% C 0.123 H 166.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A179
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 24.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, -43.20, 11.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 44.69, 165.19°)
OKLab	oklab(63.27% -0.1191 0.0292)
OKLCH	oklch(63.27% 0.123 166.2)
XYZ	xyz(16.8213, 27.1915, 22.4474)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A179 #A12149

analogous

#21A139 #21A179 #2189A1

triadic

#21A179 #7921A1 #A17921

tetradic

#21A179 #3921A1 #A12149 #89A121

square

#21A179 #3921A1 #A12149 #89A121

split-complementary

#21A179 #A12189 #A13921

monochromatic

#0C3B2D #176E53 #21A179 #2CD49F #5EDEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#21A179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#21A179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A179

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A179	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D9577

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8E8A7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A196

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.3% 0.123 166.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73be9f',
    500: '#21a179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a179;
$custom-light: #73be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 161.25,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6327,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 166.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27194
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A179

secondary

#C35B7B

accent

#3F74E9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A179

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

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