#21A281#21A281

#21A281 is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 63.7% C 0.118 H 170.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#21A281
RGB	rgb(33, 162, 129)
HSL	hsl(165, 66%, 38%)
HSV	hsv(165, 80%, 64%)
CMYK	cmyk(79.6%, 0%, 20.4%, 36.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.66, -41.63, 7.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.66, 42.33, 169.58°)
OKLab	oklab(63.75% -0.1162 0.0195)
OKLCH	oklch(63.75% 0.118 170.5)
XYZ	xyz(17.5078, 27.7468, 25.1976)
Luminance	0.2775 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#21A281 #A22142

analogous

#21A240 #21A281 #2182A2

triadic

#21A281 #8121A2 #A28121

tetradic

#21A281 #4021A2 #A22142 #82A221

square

#21A281 #4021A2 #A22142 #82A221

split-complementary

#21A281 #A22182 #A24021

monochromatic

#0C3C30 #176F59 #21A281 #2CD4A9 #5FDEBE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#21A281 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#21A281 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #21A281

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##21A281	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##21A281	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D977F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8D8B83

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00A399

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #21a281;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(33, 162, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.7% 0.118 170.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#73bea5',
    500: '#21a281',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #21a281;
$custom-light: #73bea5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#21a281",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 33,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 164.651,
    "s": 66.154,
    "l": 38.235
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63749,
    "c": 0.11781,
    "h": 170.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27749
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#21A281

secondary

#C35C76

accent

#3F6AE9

background

#F7FBFA

surface

#EEF7F4

border

#C9D0CE

text

#09120F

muted

#7B817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #21A281

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

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