#21A185#21A185

#21A185 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.114 H 173.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A185
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 133)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 17.4%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, -40.16, 5.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 40.48, 172.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.6% -0.1132 0.0129)
OKLCH	oklch(63.6% 0.114 173.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.6035, 27.5043, 26.5668)
Luminance	0.2751 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A185 #A1213D

analogous

#21A145 #21A185 #217DA1

triadic

#21A185 #8521A1 #A18521

tetradic

#21A185 #4521A1 #A1213D #7DA121

square

#21A185 #4521A1 #A1213D #7DA121

split-complementary

#21A185 #A1217D #A14521

monochromatic

#0C3B31 #176E5B #21A185 #2CD4AF #5EDEC2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#21A185 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#21A185 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A185

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A185	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A185	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)

#9B9684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A87

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a185;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 133);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.114 173.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bda8',
    500: '#21a185',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a185;
$custom-light: #73bda8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a185",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 133
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 166.875,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63601,
    "c": 0.11395,
    "h": 173.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A185

secondary

#C35B72

accent

#3F64E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A185

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

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