#21A279#21A279

#21A279 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 63.5% C 0.124 H 165.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A279
RGB	rgb(33, 162, 121)
HSL	hsl(161, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(161, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 25.3%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.47, -43.62, 11.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.47, 45.21, 164.77°)
OKLab	oklab(63.54% -0.1201 0.0303)
OKLCH	oklch(63.54% 0.124 165.8)
XYZ	xyz(16.9967, 27.5424, 22.5059)
Luminance	0.2754 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A279 #A2214A

analogous

#21A238 #21A279 #218AA2

triadic

#21A279 #7921A2 #A27921

tetradic

#21A279 #3821A2 #A2214A #8AA221

square

#21A279 #3821A2 #A2214A #8AA221

split-complementary

#21A279 #A2218A #A23821

monochromatic

#0C3C2D #176F53 #21A279 #2CD49F #5FDEB6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#21A279 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.51

#21A279 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A279

6.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A279	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A279	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)

#9E9677

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8F8B7C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A297

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a279;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 162, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.5% 0.124 165.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73be9f',
    500: '#21a279',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a279;
$custom-light: #73be9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a279",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 160.93,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63535,
    "c": 0.12388,
    "h": 165.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A279

secondary

#C35C7D

accent

#3F75E9

background

#F7FBF9

surface

#EEF7F2

border

#C9D0CC

text

#09120E

muted

#7B817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A279

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

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