#21A184#21A184

#21A184 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.115 H 172.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A184
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 132)
HSL	hsl(166, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(166, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 18%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, -40.42, 5.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 40.81, 172.09°)
OKLab	oklab(63.57% -0.1137 0.0142)
OKLCH	oklch(63.57% 0.115 172.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.5347, 27.4768, 26.2047)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A184 #A1213E

analogous

#21A144 #21A184 #217EA1

triadic

#21A184 #8421A1 #A18421

tetradic

#21A184 #4421A1 #A1213E #7EA121

square

#21A184 #4421A1 #A1213E #7EA121

split-complementary

#21A184 #A1217E #A14421

monochromatic

#0C3B31 #176E5A #21A184 #2CD4AE #5EDEC1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#21A184 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#21A184 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A184

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A184	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A184	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C9683

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A86

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a184;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 132);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.115 172.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bda7',
    500: '#21a184',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a184;
$custom-light: #73bda7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a184",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 132
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.406,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63572,
    "c": 0.1146,
    "h": 172.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27479
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A184

secondary

#C35B73

accent

#3F65E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A184

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

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