#21A280#21A280

#21A280 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.119 H 169.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.54:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A280
RGB	rgb(33, 162, 128)
HSL	hsl(164, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(164, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 21%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.64, -41.88, 8.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.64, 42.67, 168.94°)
OKLab	oklab(63.72% -0.1167 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(63.72% 0.119 169.9)
XYZ	xyz(17.4417, 27.7204, 24.8492)
Luminance	0.2772 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A280 #A22143

analogous

#21A23F #21A280 #2183A2

triadic

#21A280 #8021A2 #A28021

tetradic

#21A280 #3F21A2 #A22143 #83A221

square

#21A280 #3F21A2 #A22143 #83A221

split-complementary

#21A280 #A22183 #A23F21

monochromatic

#0C3C30 #176F58 #21A280 #2CD4A8 #5FDEBD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#21A280 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.54

#21A280 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A280

6.54:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A280	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A280	1.00	3.21	6.54	6.54
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.54	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D977E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B82

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A398

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a280;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 162, 128);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.119 169.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bea4',
    500: '#21a280',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a280;
$custom-light: #73bea4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a280",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 128
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.186,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63722,
    "c": 0.11852,
    "h": 169.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27723
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A280

secondary

#C35C77

accent

#3F6CE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A280

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

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