#21A181#21A181

#21A181 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.117 H 171.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A181
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 129)
HSL	hsl(165, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 19.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.34, -41.20, 7.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.34, 41.82, 170.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.49% -0.1152 0.0183)
OKLCH	oklch(63.49% 0.117 171)
XYZ	xyz(17.3324, 27.3959, 25.1391)
Luminance	0.2740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A181 #A12141

analogous

#21A141 #21A181 #2181A1

triadic

#21A181 #8121A1 #A18121

tetradic

#21A181 #4121A1 #A12141 #81A121

square

#21A181 #4121A1 #A12141 #81A121

split-complementary

#21A181 #A12181 #A14121

monochromatic

#0C3B30 #176E58 #21A181 #2CD4AA #5EDEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#21A181 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.48

#21A181 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A181

6.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A181	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A181	1.00	3.24	6.48	6.48
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C967F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C8A83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A298

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a181;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.117 171.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bda5',
    500: '#21a181',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a181;
$custom-light: #73bda5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a181",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 165,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63486,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 171
  },
  "luminance": 0.27398
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A181

secondary

#C35B75

accent

#3F69E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A181

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

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