#21A186#21A186

#21A186 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.6% C 0.113 H 174.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A186
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 134)
HSL	hsl(167, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(167, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 16.8%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.46, -39.89, 4.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.46, 40.15, 173.47°)
OKLab	oklab(63.63% -0.1127 0.0115)
OKLCH	oklch(63.63% 0.113 174.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.6729, 27.5321, 26.9324)
Luminance	0.2753 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A186 #A1213C

analogous

#21A146 #21A186 #217CA1

triadic

#21A186 #8621A1 #A18621

tetradic

#21A186 #4621A1 #A1213C #7CA121

square

#21A186 #4621A1 #A1213C #7CA121

split-complementary

#21A186 #A1217C #A14621

monochromatic

#0C3B31 #176E5C #21A186 #2CD4B0 #5EDEC3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#21A186 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#21A186 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A186

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A186	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A186	1.00	3.23	6.51	6.51
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8B8A88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a186;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.6% 0.113 174.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bda9',
    500: '#21a186',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a186;
$custom-light: #73bda9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a186",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 167.344,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6363,
    "c": 0.11331,
    "h": 174.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27534
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A186

secondary

#C35B71

accent

#3F63E9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A186

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

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