#21A189#21A189

#21A189 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.276; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.112 H 176.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A189
RGB	rgb(33, 161, 137)
HSL	hsl(169, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(169, 80%, 63%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.5%, 0%, 14.9%, 36.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.54, -39.09, 2.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.54, 39.20, 175.63°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.1113 0.0073)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.112 176.2)
XYZ	xyz(17.8851, 27.6170, 28.0501)
Luminance	0.2762 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A189 #A12139

analogous

#21A149 #21A189 #2179A1

triadic

#21A189 #8921A1 #A18921

tetradic

#21A189 #4921A1 #A12139 #79A121

square

#21A189 #4921A1 #A12139 #79A121

split-complementary

#21A189 #A12179 #A14921

monochromatic

#0C3B33 #176E5E #21A189 #2CD4B4 #5EDEC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.22

#21A189 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.52

#21A189 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A189

6.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A189	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A189	1.00	3.22	6.52	6.52
#FFFFFF	3.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B9688

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8A8A8B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A39A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a189;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 161, 137);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.112 176.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bdab',
    500: '#21a189',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a189;
$custom-light: #73bdab;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a189",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 137
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 168.75,
    "s": 65.979,
    "l": 38.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63719,
    "c": 0.11152,
    "h": 176.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27619
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A189

secondary

#C35B6F

accent

#3F5FE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#0A1210

muted

#7C817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A189

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

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